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The Stone Age |
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↑ before Homo (Pliocene) |
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Holocene Epoch |
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Holocene |
In the 8th millennium BC, agriculture became widely practised in the Fertile Crescent and Anatolia.
Pottery became widespread (with independent development in Central America) and animal husbandry (pastoralism) spread to Africa and Eurasia. World population was approximately 5 million.
↑ before Homo (Pliocene)