natufians

I think I know why Basal Eurasian(BE), which comprised around half of Natufian(Mesolithic Levantines) ancestry, lack SIGNIFICANT Neanderthal admixture. BE would basically be haplotype E of an incoming group of men, which explains why it's around half of the ancestry, and also why has few...

Close companions: Early evidence for dogs in northeast Jordan and the potential impact of new hunting methods Abstract Current evidence suggests domestications of the dog were incipient developments in many areas of the world. In southwest Asia this process took place in the Late...

Fermented beverage and food storage in 13,000 y-old stone mortars at Raqefet Cave, Israel: Investigating Natufian ritual feasting Abstract Fermented and alcoholic beverages played a pivotal role in feastings and social events in past agricultural and urban societies across the globe, but the...

At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains of a flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago. It is the oldest direct evidence of bread found to date, predating the advent of agriculture by at least 4,000 years. The findings suggest...

According to this new study it happened much earlier than we expected, around 23 thousand years ago!!! This paper claim that primitive, yet ture farming practices and seed selection, were established 11 thousand years before Neolithic "revolution". Yet again science points to the fact, that...