Hunting and gathering was presumably the subsistence strategy employed by human societies beginning some 1.8 million years ago, by Homo erectus, and from its appearance some 0.2 million years ago by Homo sapiens. It remained the only mode of subsistence until the end of the Mesolithic period some 10,000 years ago, and after this was replaced only gradually with the spread of the Neolithic Revolution. COUNT 5
QSN1 When did human populations begin using hunting-gathering? ANS1 1.8 million years ago QSN2 What phase of human used subsistence strategies to find food? ANS2 Homo erectus QSN3 When did Homo sapiens begin using subsistence gathering? ANS3 0.2 million years ago QSN4 When did hunting-gathering begin to fade from use? ANS4 10,000 years ago QSN5 What began replacing hunting-gathering at the end of the Mesolithic period? ANS5 Neolithic Revolution