
Vol 1 Ep 15 - The origin of agriculture
History of the World podcast
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The Neolithic Revolution
Gibaran excavations have uncovered grain grinding tools, which demonstrate a deliberate preparation of wild cereals. At around the time of the younger dryas we can see a transition in culture. The new supplanting culture is referred to as the natufian culture and was associated with domesticated dogs. Although it is thought that their culture occupied most of the levant it is believed that the natufians were one of the first cultures to become sedentary,. In other words, settled in one place. Now let's investigate the natutians and their sedentary life stole and what that means in terms of the neolithic revolution.
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