Northern hunters slowed down advance of Neolithic farmers
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 10:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
One of the most significant socioeconomic changes in the history of humanity took place around 10,000 years ago, when the Near East went from an economy based on hunting and gathering (Mesolithic) to another kind on agriculture (Neolithic). Farmers rapidly entered the Balkan Peninsula and then advanced gradually throughout the rest of Europe.