Question

Agriculture originated in mesolithic age about ---- B.C.

• A. 3000 years
• B. 5000-10000 years
• C. 7000-13000 years
• D. 20000-25000 years

Answer 1

The correct option is C 7000-13000 years

• The stone age can be divided into the Paleolithic ("Old Stone Age"), during which all humans were hunter-gatherers; the Mesolithic ("Middle Stone Age"), the transitional phase to agricultural life; and the Neolithic ("New Stone Age"), when humans subsisted through agriculture.
• The transition to agricultural life commenced ca. 10,000 BC, when the most recent glacial period ended, giving rise to a warmer (and thus more farming-conducive) global climate.
• The beginning of the Mesolithic age is consequently placed at ca. 10,000 BC; the ending, however, varies by region.
  Hence, the correct answer is C.