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New climate models show wild wheat and barley were less widespread 12,000 years ago than today—and got scarcer as the climate warmed. #Archaeology #NeolithicRevolution #PlantDomestication #Archaeobotany https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-the-climate-got-better-the-plants

When the Climate Got Better, the Plants Disappeared

Machine learning reveals that the ancestors of wheat and barley were less common after the Ice Age ended, not more.

Anthropology.net

SIB Swiss Bioinformatics Jul 3, 2025

Genetics and computational biology also helps us understand our past. The shift to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle are a major turning point in human history. Yet, how this Neolithic way of life spread has been the subject of intense debate. A Turkish-Swiss team sheds new light in Science by combining archaeology and genetics.

#Genetics #Archaeogenetics #NeolithicRevolution #HumanHistory #PublishedInScience #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Innovation

When ideas travel further than people

The transition to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle is one of the great turning points in human history. Yet how this Neolithic way of life spread from the Fertile Crescent across Anatolia and into the Aegean has been hotly debated. A Turkish-Swiss team offers important new insights, by combining archaeology and genetics in an innovative way.

EurekAlert!

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Sep 20, 2023

The process of permanent settlement in the #NeolithicRevolution built on thousands of years of experiments in domestication and cultivation across the Palaeolothic. We've now found wooden buildings made by Homo heidelbergensis half a million years ago.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2392894-earliest-evidence-of-buildings-made-from-wood-is-476000-years-old/

Earliest evidence of buildings made from wood is 476,000 years old

We tend to think that ancient humans were constantly on the move, but at a site in Zambia there are the first tentative hints that people stayed put and built large wooden dwellings

New Scientist

Matt Willemsen Aug 21, 2023

New Findings Rewrite the Story of the “Neolithic Revolution”
A recent study shows that the advent of the Neolithic era in North Africa was influenced by a blend of African hunter-gatherers, European farmers, and Near Eastern pastoralists. This complex interplay of cultures between 5500 and 4500 BC in the Maghreb region resulted in shared knowledge, cultural shifts, and intertwined genetics.
https://scitechdaily.com/new-findings-rewrite-the-story-of-the-neolithic-revolution/?expand_article=1 #NeolithicRevolution #NorthAfrica #culture #archaeology #agriculture #genetics

New Findings Rewrite the Story of the “Neolithic Revolution”

According to a recent study, the cultural exchanges and interbreeding between African hunter-gatherers, Neolithic European agriculturists, and East-Saharan pastoralists significantly influenced shifts in lifestyles, cultural manifestations, and genetic composition in the Maghreb from 5500 to 4500 BC

SciTechDaily

Hari Tulsidas Jul 13, 2023

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding, the Neolithic Revolution was not a single event. A new study reveals that it occurred independently in different regions of Africa. The researchers analyzed ancient DNA from human remains in Morocco and found that they had diverse origins and lifestyles.

#NeolithicRevolution #Africa #Genomics https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/06/28/genomics-archaeology-rewrite-the-neolithic-revolution-maghreb/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

Genomics And Archaeology Rewrite The Neolithic Revolution In The Maghreb - Ancient Pages

For decades archaeology has been trying to explain how and why humans went from being exclusively hunter-gatherers to producing food, adopting agriculture and livestock. How did the "Neolithic Revolution" happen? Where did it all begin, and how did it spread?

Ancient Pages

kakwa_qales Sep 14, 2020

Hi! My name is #PeterMichaelBauer and I am an #anthropologist, experimental #archaeologist, and #historian. My work focuses on the social and environmental impacts of the #neolithicrevolution, and how understanding these impacts can provide us with solutions to the #sixthmassextinction. Since the early 2000’s, I have been an integral catalyst in the #rewilding movement. Rewilding helps us see and move through the world in terms of #regeneration and #reciprocity. #introductions