Final answer:
Cereal cultivation evidence outside the Middle East was first observed in northern China around 9,000 years ago with the domestication of millet and rice.
Step-by-step explanation:
The earliest clear evidence of cereal cultivation outside the Middle East comes from northern China, where agriculture was beginning about 9,000 years ago with the domestication of millet and rice. Additionally, the cultivation of crops such as maize, potatoes, and cassava were developed independently between 9,000 and 7,000 years ago by native peoples in the Americas. Whereas in the region along the Nile river and in Egypt, settlements around 7000 BCE show early forms of plant and animal domestication which likely influenced or paralleled developments in nearby regions like the Indus Valley.