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When did farming and livestock keeping begin in Denmark?
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Farming and the keeping of livestock began in Denmark during the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age), which started in the 4th millennium BCE.12
During this time, a peasant culture emerged as the inhabitants developed more sophisticated stone tools, began clearing forest land for fields and villages, and adopted agricultural practices.12