Dawn Of Agriculture Began 11,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

[delilalaw23]

This amazing new discovery on the shores of the Sea of Galilee shows humans started farming some 23,000 years ago--way earlier than scientists thought!

 

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/2015/08/03/update-agriculture-began-11000-years-earlier-previously-thought/

[HydrogenBond]

I think the discovery shows the gathering and processing of the grain, but not necessarily farming. I would guess processing appears because whole grain, although a good preserved food, is tough to chew. They would pre-chew the grain into a powder, for a mobile food supply. it was not about making bread. 

 

I would guess the semblance of farming was due in part to grazing animals trampling and eating grain plants, allowing room for weeds to appear. The evidence suggests that the gatherers and herders may have harvested the grain plants whole, for grain and for cattle food. This was separated later into two stock piles. This will look like they were working the land, and allowing weeds to appear in holes they make in the dense grain.

Edited August 9, 2015 by HydrogenBond

[Racoon]

It wouldn't surprise me that earlier humans saw this.

 

It may not have been in grand fashion, but I can envision a few smart hunter-gatherers planting a few gardens and tending to them to help ensure food survival...

And it grew from there, the early science of Botany, and Agriculture.  What year it was exacly is irrevelant, but it happened obviously, and Humans became less dependent on Nomadism for sustenance.