Why was it difficult for early humans to cultivate land prior to the end of the last ice age?

...For one, because the landmass was covered in ice...but also because they didn't have the tools. So even if the the conditions for plant life was to be met, they'd still have to fertilize the land they were trying to cultivate. A good way for that to happen is for decomposition of animals or some other way...problem was, was that instead of animals decomposing and fertilizing the land, they were being frozen...

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adioabiola adioabiola · Answer 2 · 2021-09-21T16:37:45+02:00

Ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of ice.

It was difficult for early humans to cultivate land before the end of ice age because the temperature of the Earth is too cold to support growth of plants. plants needs sunlight and there wasn't sunlight during the ice age.

The surface of the earth is also covered with ice which makes it difficult for early humans to cultivate land.

The rate of decomposition of dead animals is also slow because of the drop in temperature. Dead animals are supposed to decompose to add natural nutrients to the soil.