In the suggest period between 200,000 and 12,000 years ago, humans were living a nomadic lifestyle. The humans of this period were hunter-gatherers, and they were constantly moving from one place to another in accordance to the food supply and climate conditions. Because of this constant movement and constant search for better hunting grounds and places where there's much bigger and more constant supply of fruits, vegetables, root plants, they managed to disperse in very big space and little by little to colonize the planet. In this period the cultivation of plants was still not taking place, and also the humans still hadn't managed to domesticate any wild animals, apart from the wolf which gave rise to the dog, but it was used for hunting, not as a food source.
According to a different source, this question refers to the text "The Chinese Civil Service Exam System” by Ichisada Miyazaki.
In this text, we learn that the Chinese civil service examination system originated in Ancient China nearly fourteen hundred years ago. Therefore, it is one of the oldest examination systems in the world.
The system was intended to identify the most capable young men in China, and educate them so that they might become part of the government. However, this was a long, difficult and tedious process, and many students and tutors found useful shortcuts to learning. For example, rapid-study methods were devised, such as compiled collections of examination answers.
The Chinese government was aware of such methods, which were strongly condemned. Students who employed them were failed. The government also issued frequent prohibitions of the publication of such materials. However, the success of the business meant that such prohibitions were often unsuccessful.
