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This article explores the various ways early humans influenced their environment from the end of the glacier age to ancient civilizations. It discusses activities such as hunting gigantic animals, the advent of fire, slash-and-burn agriculture, animal domestication, and major construction efforts like pyramid building. Each of these actions led to significant environmental changes, including deforestation, species extinction, and the alteration of ecosystems. By examining these historical practices, we gain insight into the long-standing relationship between humanity and the environment.
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How Did Humans Directly Impact Their environment? By Aniyah Garcia
E a r l y M a n • They hunted Giant Sloths , Saber -Tooth cats ,and elephant like mammoths , and mastodons and they are now extinct • They created fire which means forest fires started • They created houses using trees and mud so they lost lots of trees
Early Farmers • Farmers in areas of thick forests used slash-and-burn farming to prepare soil for farming this knocked down trees • They domesticated animals making the number of animals decrease They also ate their livestock which made the population of animals even lower • They also did irrigation by digging ditches from rivers to their fields this made them use extra dirt for houses
Mesopotamia wool • There animals were used for fur and other recourses such as milk ,wool, plowing ,and food. • Also they created the wheel .
Egypt • They used papyrus as paper to write on and it affected the Niles papyrus plants. • They got marble from the ground so they can make pyramids this affected the environment because they digged to the earth.
