The Neolithic Revolution was the critical transition that resulted in the birth of agriculture, taking Homo sapiens from scattered groups of hunter-gatherers to farming villages and from there to technologically sophisticated societies with great temples and towers and kings and priests who directed the labor of their … What isRead More →
During the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods before the Neolithic, when people lived by hunting and gathering rather than by agriculture, the data suggest that hunter-gatherers also made war. Which came first the Paleolithic Age or the Neolithic Age? The first difference is the time frame. The Paleolithic Age lasted fromRead More →
The term Neolithic is modern, based on Greek νέος néos ‘new’ and λίθος líthos ‘stone’, literally ‘New Stone Age’. The term was coined by Sir John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. Which was the biggest discovery of neolithic age? Answer: The invention of agriculture wasRead More →