• South America 3500 BC

South-America began to be ocupied by people from the north, many thousands of years before. Most are hunter gatherers, living in small family groups. In the coastal desert and high mountains of north-western South America, however, farming communities appear in around 3500 BC.

Related Articles:
The World of the Hunter Gatherers
The Coming of Farming

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Timeline of World History

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