History of India - 3

<p>According to consensus in modern genetics anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa between 73000 and 55000 years ago.[1] However the earliest known human remains in South Asia date to 30000 years ago. Settled life which involves the transition from foraging to farming and pastoralism began in South Asia around 7000 BCE. At the site of Mehrgarh Balochistan Pakistan presence can be documented of the domestication of wheat and barley rapidly followed by that of goats sheep and cattle.[2] By 4500 BCE settled life had spread more widely[2] and began to gradually evolve into the Indus Valley Civilization an early civilization of the Old world which was contemporaneous with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.&nbsp;</p><p></p>