Demsas: Yeah. So we’re here to talk about a very fun new paper that you’ve recently published at [The Quarterly Journal of Economics], and it’s about the Neolithic Revolution. We’re trying ...

The Neolithic revolution describes a monumental shift from hunting and gathering to settlement and agriculture, and one of the most fascinating Neolithic settlements is Çatalhöyük in Turkey.

Things may be about to change. Again. According to archaeologists the Neolithic Revolution dates back as far as 11,000 years ago. Early civilisations relied mostly on hunting and gathering as a ...

Karahantepe is one of at least 20 sites dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, more than 10,000 years ago, that are being explored by archaeologists working in the Taş Tepeler, or Stone ...

Did you know Damascus, Syria, has been home to people for about 3000 B.C.E.? Today, it has a population of around 2.6 million ...

An adaptation that is, unfortunately, maladapted to modern life. How the Neolithic Revolution Shaped Human Evolution For tens of thousands of years, humans were nomads. They traveled from place to ...