alleryWhen did permanent settlements first develop?
AAround 500 years ago
BAround 2,000 years ago
C10,000 to 5,000 years ago
DAround 200,000 years ago
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 10,000 to 5,000 years ago
1. The shift to permanent settlement came with the change from the Pleistocene to the Holocene.
2. It happened independently in several regions between about 10,000 and 5,000 years ago.
3. 300,000 years ago is roughly when Homo sapiens first appeared, long before settled life.
_Source: Wikipedia, Human settlement, Emergence of permanent settlements_
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