The Neolithic Revolution—also referred to as the Agricultural Revolution—is thought to have begun about 12,000 years ago. It coincided with the end of the last ice age and the beginning of the ...

Before the Neolithic Revolution, around 12,000 years ago, Homo sapiens lived scattered about the world in small groups, mostly with their extended families. They hunted, gathered and moved around, ...

The research challenges long-standing debates over whether the Neolithic Revolution was triggered by human action or climate. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Frumkin analyzed a range of ...

First, the Neolithic revolution represents a dramatic, and ultimately global transformation of the mode of (social re)production, induced in part by climate change. As we face even bigger climate ...

Neolithic made us taller and more intelligent but more prone to heart disease How modern European populations have evolved over the past 50,000 years ...

The following is a transcript of the episode: [Music]Jerusalem Demsas: One of Aesop’s Fables is called “The Ant and the Grasshopper.”As the story goes, a hungry grasshopper comes up to a ...

The advent of farming and in particular, the proliferation of livestock like cattle (pictured) during the Neolithic Revolution helped wild populations of African wolves flourish.

Around 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East. With the beginning of the ...