I had thought this was 25,000 years ago but I guess this didn't happen (this time) until 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.
This entirely changes how I view everything too because I also know that the ocean was 400 feet lower around 11,000 AD also which also explains a lot to me. So, for example, the land bridge across the Aleutian Islands likely could be walked upon all the way from Asia to Alaska then 11,000 years ago too so it's possible hunter gatherers from Asia didn't have to kayak or walk across the ice very much or at all before 11,000 years ago trying to get to Alaska and the North American Mainland from Asia.
There is the 100th monkey story also which illustrates how people (or animals) at a certain point in their evolution make quantum leaps in how they do things like learning to grow food whether or not they are exposed to other people doing the same thing (or animals). The 100th monkey story is that one monkey washed their sweet potatoes given to them in Japan by people and was persecuted for this but continued to do this anyway because she didn't like eating sand when the people threw the sweet potatoes on the beach for them. So, she continued anyway doing this washing her food in the ocean and then her children did the same and their children too. Then at a certain point every monkey on every island there started doing the same thing even though they couldn't get to each other to learn this attribute in person.
My point of view is that all people and animals are telepathic whether they realize this or not and when some forward thing in progress happens through evolution somehow this travels telepathically great distances between animals or people because they are telepathic whether they understand this or not at various different levels of awareness.
Because this same thing happened regarding farming for humans too where it spread with no one spreading it to other places on earth as well.
Here is information from Farming beginning from Google AI:
Farming, or agriculture, began around 10,000 BC, transitioning from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled communities that cultivated plants and domesticated animals.This transition, known as the Neolithic Revolution, marked a shift in human history and allowed for larger populations and more complex societies.The earliest evidence of agriculture comes from the Fertile Crescent, where people began to cultivate wild grains and domesticate animals like pigs and sheep.
Key points about the origins of agriculture:
Multiple Independent Origins:
While
the Fertile Crescent is often cited as the origin, agriculture
developed independently in other regions, such as China, Africa, and the
Americas.
Domestication of Plants and Animals:
The
process of selecting and breeding plants and animals for desirable
traits, such as higher yields or gentler temperaments, was crucial to
the development of agriculture.
Shift to Settled Communities:
The
ability to produce food in place led to the formation of settled
communities, which were a significant step in the development of human
civilization.
Impact on Human History:
The
development of agriculture had a profound impact on human history,
enabling larger populations, more complex societies, and the development
of specialized labor.
History of agriculture - Wikipedia
Wild
grains were collected and eaten from at least 104,000 years ago.
However, domestication did not occur until much later. The e...
Wikipedia
The Development of Agriculture
Nov
20, 2024 — Agricultural communities developed approximately 10,000
years ago when humans began to domesticate plants and animals.
National Geographic Education
The Origins of Agriculture – History and Science of Cultivated ...
Numerous
discoveries in recent years indicate that besides the Fertile Crescent,
parallel efforts of cultivation began in several ...
The development of agriculture about 12,000 years ago changed the way humans lived. They switched from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles to permanent ...
Humans began farming around 12,000 years ago, during the Neolithic Revolution, also known as the Agricultural Revolution.This period marked a shift from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to more settled agricultural communities.The earliest evidence of farming comes from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East.
The Neolithic Revolution, which occurred around 10,000 B.C.in
the Fertile Crescent, signifies the transition from nomadic
hunter-gatherer societies to more settled agricultural lifestyles.
Over
time, humans developed more sophisticated agricultural techniques,
leading to the cultivation of various crops and the domestication of
animals, according to PNAS.
Where Did Agriculture Begin? Oh Boy, It's Complicated : The Salt - NPR
Jul 15, 2016 — Sometime around 12,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors began trying their hand at farming. First, they grew w...
NPR
Unearthing the origins of agriculture - PNAS
Apr 5, 2023 — Figures * Big Agriculture has its roots in the advent of human farming activities that started nearly 12,000 years ago...
PNAS
Neolithic Revolution - History.com
Jan 12, 2018 — Table of contents. ... The Neolithic Revolution, also called the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in hum...
History.com
Who were the first farmers? - Live Science
Sep 13, 2023 — Some of the earliest evidence for farming comes from the Fertile Crescent, a region roughly covering where Iraq, Syria...
Live Science
Origins of agriculture - Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica, Andes
Apr 24, 2025 — The earliest evidence of crops appears between 9000 and 8000 bp in Mexico and South America. The first crops in easter...
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Which was the first country to start farming?
Most people think agriculture started about 7,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent of what is now Iraq and really took hold in Egypt a few thousand years later.
