Definition of Neolithic Revolution

Without a doubt, the Revolution Neolithic is one of the most important processes generated by humans and considered as one of the earliest achievements in moving toward establishing the lifestyle as we know it today in day. The Neolithic Revolution had to do basically with the development of new forms of life that transformed the hunter-gatherer and nomadic human being into a sedentary and productive man.

According to different archaeological investigations, it is estimated that the Neolithic Revolution may have occurred in the present Middle East around the year 10,000 before the birth of Christ. This period coincided with the end of the ice ages, for which reason the temperature and the weather of the Earth would have become more temperate and accessible for the growth of different types of vegetation. In this way, the human being who was slowly beginning to populate the Earth could accidentally discover, understand and then reproduce the fertilization and growth system of vegetables in order to produce their own food.

While in the earlier periods of Prehistory (the Paleolithic and the Mesolithic) the human being organized himself through hunting, gathering and fishing (for which he had to be nomadic and go out in search of new resources when these ran out in the area), during the Neolithic the man could begin to elaborate his own food, having then to remain in the place where his crops would be located.

Thus, then, he learned about the possibility of domesticating animals that were previously wild and that could also serve as food, shelter or pack animals. At the same time, it is in the Neolithic period in which other activities such as the ceramics (essential for storing seeds and crop products) and weaving (important form of coat). These activities could be developed (as well as the building of primitive but stable dwellings) as a result of having had to spend less time hunting because of having their own food at hand.

This situation would later evolve into phenomena that would have to do with the development of societies. more complex complexes in which the division of labor began to appear (due to the possession of a surplus of food and the need for all individuals to be occupied in obtaining food), in the emergence of more stable and organized villages, in the development of the first forms of government and status, etc.