Human's History Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Humans fed themselves by gathering fruits
And hunting animals that lived and bred
Without any human intervention
For more than two million years past.

Homo erectus, Homo ergasters
And Neanderthal had been only forgers
Without knowing where the plants would take root
And in which meadow a herd of sheep should graze.

Homo sapiens too continued as forgers,
Hunting animals and gathering fruits
Till ten thousand years ago when they began
Growing animals and planting species.

Transition to agriculture began
By nine thousand years ago in Asia
And only by five thousand years ago
Many plants and animals were domesticated.

Settlements began; languages began;
Worships began; territory began;
Religions began; nations began.
Civilizations are five thousand years old.

Scientific revolution has set in
Barely by five hundred years ago
When the population was five hundred
Million as against present seven billion.

Industrial revolution is the result,
Which has empowered humans to exploit
The planet and disturb the ecology.
It's time that man contained his ambitions.
04.04.2020