Hunter-Gatherers and the Neolithic Revolution

A summary on Hunter-gatherer societies, the Out of Africa Theory, and the Neolithic Revolution

[mahirsanori]

Ahh, the legend himself.. uploads once again

[joe]

The name of the first person to discover farming was old

[johnsamsungs]

I think you have got some things wrong. People got to the Americas Circa 40000 BCE. Before full agriculture, we were Proto farmers that would sow and plant crops but would then leave them to nature and return when it was hoped there would be a crop to harvest. We were in some cases, seasonal hunters and gatherers. If we were in a rich area for food we didn't move far if at all. It is far more complicated that your quick view. Timelines have been pushed back in recent times.

[Scrutiny]

I'm showing this video to my kids because it does a good job showing the migration of humanity from the out of Africa theory, but I believe the archeological findings show that Jericho is older than Uruk by about 5000 years.

[PDRLucky]

Hi Mr.Casne, tbh I am watching this on the bus rn because i don’t want to fail the test. Wish me good luck!

[miggss]

This video was awesome and I learned so much even at and older age. Very interesting

[therealsukhman]

Glad I could have you on the podcast Mr.Casne!

[JTL]

Hello im not one of youre students just wanted to say youre history videos are on of the best most researched on most of youtube you might be good as history youtuber as a permanet part time sidr job great video's

[Auntypatti]

What are the opposing theories to human origin and migration?

[billiondollarambition]

Could you do a video on Adam’s calendar & Nabta playa & explain the technology from those findings. Thanks. Great video

[davidcanatella]

Food isn’t scarce in foraging culture. Scarcity is a product of agriculture and civilisation

[seanmchugh]

A lot of errors and incorrect generalisa6ions. Needs an update.

[Clery]

The idea that hunters-gatherers were low tech is untrue. Before the Neolithic, we already developped pottery, carpentry, boats, sewing, the weaving loom and many other things. We were already able to live in all climates, even the most hostile ones such as the Arctic. As a matter of fact, without carpentry and pottery it would have been impossible to develop agriculture and animal husbandry. Moreover, hunters-gatherers weren't "constantly on the move". During Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic, they became semi-nomadic, living in seasonal camps for half a year, and following only the season migrations of game.

In certain regions, following game wasn't needed any longer at all, so populations became fully sedentary. Then agriculture was developped as a slow process of domestication of plants and animals, it didn't happen in one day. And it's actually sedentary lifestyle (not agriculture in itself) that led to a demographic booming, since sedentary women could carry a pregnancy to term every 2 years rather than every 4 years for semi-nomads (because travelling even if only seasonal isn't good for a child-bearing woman).

Writing wasn't invented in the Neolithic era, but in the Bronze Age. Bronze being an alloy of metals (bronze, tin or others) whose deposits were not necessarily located in the same place, it required the control of trade routes over vast distances (usually through rivers). As such, writing was primarily invented for accounting needs to keep track of the shipment of goods. Writing is key to Historians as it allowed keeping track of what actually happened, but it's not because we are more ignorant about what happened earlier that it means nothing happened.

[Deutschrapfan]

Some other reports or people tell me that it is not that clear that people were strictly divided in men/hunting women/gathering.
Can you explain what is pionting at this theory?

[Juhi]

Good summary, although I wonder why did you put more people, permanent settlements and new jobs in the pros column? What are the benefits of those compared to H/G society?

[draconix]

i got this assigned for social studies, it’s actually really interesting.

[mr.markkofigyamfi]

Good teacher, I like your explanation, thank you

[tw]

I have a question, did they have boats 40, 000 years ago? What would they have used and what is the oldest recorded boat? Thank You

[tigar]

9:00 that woman was called Eve and she planted an apple tree hahahah

[kwiefinpussi]

You said they walked to the other six continents, so this included Antartica?