Question

In which age domestication of animals started?

• A. Neolithic age
• B. Mesolithic age
• C. Palaeolithic age
• D. Upper Palaeolithic age

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Mesolithic age

The first attempts at domestication of animals and plants were made during the Mesolithic Period. The first animal to be domesticated was the dog which started in Central Asia . The earliest evidence of domestication of animals comes from Adamgarh (M.P.) and Bagor in Rajasthan dated 5500 B.C. and 4500 B.C. respectively.