A new study reveals that the Neolithic Revolution in the southern Levant may have been triggered by catastrophic wildfires ...

The route they discovered didn't just track migration - it revealed pockets of resistance to the Neolithic revolution ...

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the ...

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.

These soils, derived from eroded hillsides, offered both fertility and access to water—key ingredients for early agriculture. More information: Amos Frumkin, Catastrophic fires and soil degradation: ...

Amos Frumkin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity's most significant turning points: the Neolithic Revolution ... and gathering to farming in the southern ...