neolithic

The Neolithic Era, or Period, from Î½ÎÎ¿Ï (nÃ©os, "new") and Î»Î¯Î¸Î¿Ï (lÃthos, "stone"), or New Stone age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world[1] and ending between 4,500 and 2,000 BC.

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Neolithic man: the first lumberjack?

Fri, Aug 10, 2012

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During the Neolithic period, man made the big jump from hunter-gatherer to farmer and agriculturalist, eventually moving on to larger and larger settlements, with a variety of animals and plants. The transition also brought significant changes in terms of economy, architecture, and apparently, woodworking. Dr. Ran Barkai of Tel Aviv University‘s Department of Archaeology and [...]

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