The neolithic revolution is also called an agricultural revolution. It occurred about 12,000 years ago.
It coincides with the last glacial ice age and began with the rise of man or the Holocene epoch.
During this period people roamed in search of food as hunters and gatherers. It stated in the fertile crescent of the middle east where the first humans started farming.
Shortly after which humans began to practice agriculture. Occurring first in Mesopotamia.