Humans, probably in modern-day New Guinea, domesticate sugarcane for the first time
After domestication, its cultivation spread rapidly to Southeast Asia and southern China.
Agriculture
New Guineans begin practicing agriculture for first time
The oldest evidence for this is in the Kuk Swamp area, where planting, digging and staking of plants, and possibly drainage have been used to cultivate taro, banana, sago and yam.
Agriculture develops independently in the Americas
Agriculture arose independently in at least three regions: South America, Mesoamerica, and eastern North America.
Humans in Turkey domesticate cattle for first time
According to archaeological and genetic evidence, wild cattle or aurochs (Bos primigenius) were likely domesticated independently at least twice and perhaps three times.
Humans in Fertile Crescent domesticate first wheats
The origins of our modern wheat, according to genetics and archaeological studies, are found in the Karacadag mountain region of what is today southeastern Turkey–wheat makes up two of the classic eight founder crops of the origins of agriculture.
Humans develop agriculture for the first time ever, beginning the Agricultural Revolution
The beginning of this process in different regions has been dated from 10,000 to 8,000 B.C.E. in the Fertile Crescent and perhaps 8000 B.C.E. in the Kuk Early Agricultural Site of Melanesia.