History
During the long Paleolithic period, bands of predatory hunter-gatherers lived in what is now China. Beginning in about 10,000 BCE, humans in China began developing agriculture, On the fine, wind-blown loess soils of the north and northwest, the primary crop was millet, while villages along the lower Yangtze River in Central China were centred on rice production in paddy fields, supplemented by fish and aquatic plants. Humans in both regions had domesticated pigs, dogs, and cattle, and by 3000 BCE sheep had become important in the north and water buffalo in the south.
During the long Paleolithic period, bands of predatory hunter-gatherers lived in what is now China. Beginning in about 10,000 BCE, humans in China began developing agriculture, On the fine, wind-blown loess soils of the north and northwest, the primary crop was millet, while villages along the lower Yangtze River in Central China were centred on rice production in paddy fields, supplemented by fish and aquatic plants. Humans in both regions had domesticated pigs, dogs, and cattle, and by 3000 BCE sheep had become important in the north and water buffalo in the south.