Subsistence Farming and the Origins of Sedentary Life
Subsistence farming dates back at least 12,000 years, when humans began domesticating plants for growth. Following the Ice Age, favorable climatic conditions most likely helped to fuel early plant domestication.
When was subsistence farming invented?
Historians call this period the Neolithic Revolution, which started approximately 12,500 years ago.
Where did subsistence agriculture originate?
Subsistence farming, which today exists most commonly throughout areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and parts of South and Central America, is an extension of primitive foraging practiced by early civilizations. Historically, most early farmers engaged in some form of subsistence farming to survive.
