The Evolution of Farming in the Near East

How did humans go from hunter gatherers to farmers? Climate change? Intensive use of resources? Population growth? A little bit of everything?

As always the information here is subject to change as new archaeological discoveries are made and evidence is analysed. Feel free to double check my work or look in to things more deeply with these sources. It's these people who do all the real work.

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