We’re uncovering a radically different view of civilisation’s origins

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February 19, 2025, 4:00 PM

• •Civilisation is not a single event, but a process that took place over thousands of years.
• •Agriculture was not the catalyst for civilisation, but rather an invention that arose out of necessity.
• •The definition of civilisation is complex and evolving, and there is no single answer to the question of when it began.

The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of the first complex societies.

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