The term 'Neolithic' was coined by Sir John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. [1] The Neolithic began about 12,000 years ago, when farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East and Mesopotamia, and later in other parts of the world.

2025年2月7日 · The Neolithic was the final stage of technological development among prehistoric humans. It was characterized by stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding, dependence on domesticated plants and animals, settlement in permanent villages, and the appearance of such crafts as pottery and weaving.

Name Location Culture Period Comment Ref Tell Abu Hureyra: Mesopotamia: Natufian culture: c. 11,000 BCE – 7,500 BCE [1]Tell Qaramel: Syria, Levant: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A: c. 10,890 – 8,780 BCE Preceded by the Epipaleolithic Natufian settlement. [2]El Khiam

2018年4月2日 · The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age - a term coined in the late 19th century CE by scholars which covers three different periods: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.

2018年1月12日 · The Neolithic Revolution, also called the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small, nomadic bands of hunter‑gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and ...

Neolithic humans discovered how to cultivate plants and domesticate animals. They also invented writing, pottery and weaving. The agricultural revolution in the early Neolithic era had a profound impact on the human species. The wheel is also believed …

The Neolithic period, moreover known as the New Stone Age, marks a transformative period in human history—one that significantly reshaped our social orders, economies, and intuition with the natural world.

Neolithic developments in sedentary agriculture and village life established the foundations for an explosion of cultural development three thousand years later in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

2023年10月13日 · During the Neolithic Revolution, the more humans came together, the more they invented. The farming communities of the Neolithic period would soon give rise to the following Bronze Age dynasties, including the Sumerians, Babylonians and the Assyrians.

The Neolithic Revolution references a change from a largely nomadic hunter-gatherer way of life to a more settled, agrarian-based one, with the inception of the domestication of various plant and animal species—depending on species locally available and likely also influenced by local culture.