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Domestication of Animals and plants. A milestone in Human History. Explain.

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1. Rice was probably cultivated in India and China around 7000 BCE or even earlier. 

2. Wheat and barley were cultivated at Mehrgarh in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent (Pakistan) before 6000 BCE. 

3. Animal domestication developed as part of symbiotic life. 

4. Dogs may have been domesticated first. Friendly animals were gradually domesticated. Sheep and goat were domesticated around 10,000 BCE in Southwest Asia. 

5. Oxen were used in Sumerian civilization for tilling the land. Mehrgarh in Pakistan has evidence of sheep, goat and cattle domestication in the Neolithic period.

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