Humans trying to control nature

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Nomads were highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging, or searching for new sources of food.  
Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods are called hunter-gatherers.  
The Neolithic Revolution or agricultural revolution was the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming. 
Slash-and-burn farming is when you cut trees or grasses and burn them to clear a field for farming.  
Experts' knowledge of wild animals played a role in taming or the domestication of animals. 
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Domestication was the most significant part of the development of agriculture because the animals fed the plants and the plants fed the animals so with out the animals, there would be no agriculture.  They also serve many other purposes such as milk, skin/fur for warmth, and some offer transportation like horses.  
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Special spears allowed them to kill game at greater distances, digging sticks helped harvest plants at the roots, knives to kill and butcher game, fish hooks and harpoons to catch fish, chisel-like cutter to make other tools, bone needles to sew clothing out of animal hides. 
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Rising global temperatures extended growing seasons and made drier land. A rich supply of grain helped support a larger population base.  A larger population meant a need to find new food resources to sustain larger numbers and farming needs. 
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The first crops grown in the Americas were corn, beans, squash, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes.