EARLY PEOPLE AND AGRICULTURE, 200,000–3000 BC Early Agriculture The earliest farming sites are located in the Middle East. 'PTTJM TJUFT PG FBSMZ IPNJOJET &BSMZ BHSJDVMUVSBM TJUFT Early People Most experts think that early people first appeared in Africa. The Beginnings of Civilization Section 1 DIRECTIONS Read each question and write the letter of the best response. 1. Many fossil remains of early humans have been found A in East Africa. B around the Mediterranean Sea. C in Southwest Africa. D in Southwest Asia. 2. Mary and Louis Leakey found stone tools and fossils in a steep- sided ravine called the A Laetoli Canyon. B Lascaux Cave. C Omo Kibish. D Olduvai Gorge.