Climate Shift May Have Spurred the Neolithic Revolution - Archaeology Magazine

Climate Shift May Have Spurred the Neolithic Revolution - Archaeology Magazine

Eroded soils redeposited in pockets between karstic karren bedrock outcrop, Ofra, Israel 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 southern Levant. According to a statement released by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, researchers led by Hebrew University geologist Amos Frumkin have identified environ…