Natufian communities in the Levant had permanent settlements of up to several hundred people as early as 13,000 B.C. while still being foragers rather than farmers, hunting gazelles and gathering wild rye, barley, and wheat.
Sources
- The Birth of Religion (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio301/content/neolth.htm (www2.nau.edu)
- https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub362/entry-6006.html (factsanddetails.com)
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