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2 days ago · The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος néos 'new' and λίθος líthos 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of
3 days ago · The end of the Last Glacial Period ("ice age") and the beginning of the Holocene around 11.7 ka coincide with the Agricultural Revolution, marking the beginning of the agricultural era, which persisted there until the industrial revolution. Neolithic and Late Mesolithic
3 days ago · The use of musical instruments, such as clay flutes and bone whistles, has been traced back to the earliest documented historical period in China (Shang dynasty, 1765-1121 BCE). In the case of China (and in pre-Columbian civilizations as well), the discovery of ancient instruments such as ocarinas, or vessel flutes, which were crafted from such ...
3 days ago · Part IV, Key Transitions, probes watershed moments that gave birth to so-called "killer applications." It includes chapters covering the current debate over the Neolithic Revolution and its contestations, the Atlantic Plantation and the Arab and British agricultural revolutions.
3 days ago · Celebrated by historians as the archaeological jewel of Ireland ’s Ancient East, debate continues to surround the neolithic tomb and its mysterious origins. ConnollyCove delves into the inner passages of Newgrange, shining a light on its heritage of myth and mystery. North of the Boyne, west of Drogheda and central to County Meath, Newgrange ...
2 days ago · The words palaeolithic to describe the old stone age of chipped stone implements, and neolithic to describe the new stone age of polished tools were introduced in John Lubbock’s book Pre-historic Times in 1865.
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1 day ago · But in 2021, a study of 12 ancient genomes found another ancestral group in the mix, likely arriving during the transition from the Yayoi to Kofun period (300–710 CE). "Our analysis finds that ...
