Description
The Journey to the rise of Civilization began 10,000 years ago in the Near East with the Neolithic Revolution when humans embarked on the transformation from mobile-dispersed hunter-gatherers to settled village farmers. Humans domesticated plants and animals and they in turn became a domesticated species. The lecture will cover the research, the theories, and the process dealing with this second transformation of the human career. Included will be slides showing the early sites of domestication plus a detailed look at Jericho, the best documented Neolithic site.
