New Chris Knight/Jerome Lewis talk on their new book "When Eve Laughed"
The late Epipaleolithic “Natufian” (14,500–11,600 cal B.P.) of the Levant is often interpreted as providing the earliest archaeological signature of the transition due to the extensive exploitation of wild grains and grindstones, stone architecture, and a variety of organized site structures (21), including the earliest evidence for bread (22). Many of the features associated with the Natufian are actually found at Epipaleolithic sites as early as 20 kya representing long-term trends toward sedentism, architecture, and exploitation of grain among hunter-gatherers (23); however, there is evidence of intensification of cereal cultivation associated with the Younger Dryas cooling at approximately 13,000 B.P. (24). The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period shows the first evidence for larger human settlements with permanent architecture and intensive use and storage of grains by 11 kya (25).
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.1073/pnas.2209482119
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