In the first chapter of ways of the world... I gained a large understanding of history and its

development before an estimated 5,500 years ago, before the first civilizations were built. The

paleolithic and neolithic eras are very difficult to learn about. Experts in fields of study that are

directed to discovering the past have been able to gain knowledge through traces of items and

campgrounds left covered in earth for tens of thousands of years. With this information, people have

been able to trace routes of these early inhabitants based on the geography of where technological

advances are discovered and then rediscovered in different areas; this then allows experts to

determine the species of human that the items belonged to. Not only does the discovery of tools,

carvings, artwork, clothing, and the inhabitants' geographical location tell us about the species of

human but as well as their way of life and environment. We learn that for many thousands of years,

human habitants fed themselves by gathering berries, nuts and grain as well as hunting for animals

first dead then living (due to the advancement of weapons and tools), eventually people had learned

to grow their own food, which we now call agriculture. The discovery of having an agricultural

system allowed for these people to worry less on how they are going to eat in order to survive and

more towards ways of improving living qualities. Today there are very few areas in the world where

people are living off of what is hunted or gathered; it is a way of life that is chosen among the people.