The Neolithic Transition. With the development of agriculture, humans began to radically transform. the environments in which they lived. A growing portion of humans became. sedentary cultivators who cleared the lands around their settlements and. controlled the plants that grew and the animals that grazed on them.
At common law, battery is the tort of intentionally (or, in Australia, negligently) and voluntarily bringing about an unconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person or to something closely associated with them (e.g. a hat, a purse). Unlike assault, battery involves an actual contact.
Depending on the severity of the contact and the circumstances of the case, battery may be interpreted as a misdemeanor or a felony in the United States. Battery is governed by statute and interpreted differently based on State law.