Around 5,000 BCE, though, a new invention made farming much easier. This was the plow. Although its origin is unknown, the first evidence for this device comes from the Ancient Near East.

The ancient Egyptians based their farming around the annual flooding of ... They also invented tools like the shaduf. A shaduf is a long pole with a bucket attached to the end, which people ...

Researchers know that early people made simple tools from stones as early as 3.3 million years ago. The new discovery, published Wednesday in Nature, reveals that ancient humans “had rather more ...

The ancient Egyptians based their farming around the annual flooding of ... They also invented tools like the shaduf. A shaduf is a long pole with a bucket attached to the end, which people ...

Researchers know that early people made simple tools from stones as early as 3.3 million years ago. The new discovery, published Wednesday in Nature, reveals that ancient humans “had rather more ...