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It is supposed that man was evolved on earth about 15 lakh years ago.

This man was the evolved form of monkey who started to move by standing erect on his feet. Sach man has been called Homo erectus java man(Homo- continuous, erectus - erect).

Later on java man was transformed into cromagnan into modern man.

The modern man is Zologically known as Homo sapiens ( sapiens mean lerning habit).Due to his continuous learning habit.

And according to trinominial nomenclature modern man got the name Homo sapiens sapiens. Such modern man was evolved first in Africa about 35000 years ago what is generally accepted today.

Agriculture -

The cultivation of crops started during 7500 B.C. and thus agricultural

Science come in to existence

The word agriculture comes from the ager referring to the soil and cultura to its cultivation.

Agriculture can be defined as the cultivation and production of crop plants or livestock products.

Agricultureture is an art and science both in which be study all the human activities related to use of soil.

Agriculturist had to study the management of field as well as principles and practices of crop production

Ancient Agriculture

Shifting Cultivation-

The primative form of Agriculture shifting cultivation .

Camp,rather than cleard fields, serve sa sites for incipient agriculture.

Discarded the plant and other domestic waste around perimeter of camp enrichd the soil for spontaneous

Sprouting of seeds, tubers and stem.

Shifting cultivation

shifting of land is called Shifting cultivation and also called Jhum cultivation.

Agriculture is the backbone of human.
plant breeding

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