<P> Not all of these cultural elements characteristic of the Neolithic appeared everywhere in the same order : the earliest farming societies in the Near East did not use pottery . In other parts of the world , such as Africa , South Asia and Southeast Asia , independent domestication events led to their own regionally distinctive Neolithic cultures that arose completely independently of those in Europe and Southwest Asia . Early Japanese societies and other East Asian cultures used pottery before developing agriculture . </P>
<P> Not all of these cultural elements characteristic of the Neolithic appeared everywhere in the same order : the earliest farming societies in the Near East did not use pottery . In other parts of the world , such as Africa , South Asia and Southeast Asia , independent domestication events led to their own regionally distinctive Neolithic cultures that arose completely independently of those in Europe and Southwest Asia . Early Japanese societies and other East Asian cultures used pottery before developing agriculture . </P>
name three geographic regions where neolithic lifeways appeared independently
name three geographic regions where neolithic lifeways appeared independently
Africa South Asia Southeast Asia
Africa South Asia Southeast Asia