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Hallur (in present-day Andhra Pradesh). Here evidence of grains of millets have been found.

Archaeologists have found traces of huts or houses at some sites. For instance, in Burzahom (in present-day Kashmir) people built pit-houses, which were dug into the ground, with steps leading into them. These may have provided shelter in cold weather.

Humans made remarkable technological progress during the Neolithic period. They became food - producers and started leading a settled life.People no longer depend on hunting , fishing and gathering . Agriculture and animal husbandary took care of their food, with agriculture expansion , early human beings needed pots in which they could store yheir food grains. They also needed pots for cooking , eating and drinking.Pottery was invented during this period.Animals like dogs , cats , cattle, sheep , camels , geese, horses and pigs started out as wild animals. But these animals were tamed out as wild animals.

All the animals that we keep as pet these days, such as dogs, cats , cattle , sheep, camels, geese, horses, and pigs, started out as wild animals. But these animals were tamed into quieter animals by our Neolithic ancestor. Humans benefited by the domestication of animals are as follows; Cows and goats gave them milk and meat , cattle also helped them in ploughing the fields and Dogs gave company and also helped in hunting.

Domestication is the name given to the process in which people grow plants and look after animals. Very often, plants and animals that are tended by people become different from wild plants and animals.

Usually two or three generations live together in small settlements or villages. Most families are related to one another and groups of such families form a tribe.

• The earliest 'man-like creature' which racially differed from 'Homo sapiens' is generally known as Hominid.
• They are also known as great apes and are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species.