Archaeologists have found the first two intact burials at Göbeklitepe in Turkey, offering new clues about how people buried their dead at the site. Individual from the burial in trench L09-65. Credit: J. Gresky, DAI / B. Waszk, DAI The burials date to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic The Neolithic era, also known as the New Stone Age, marks a significant turning point in human history. It was during this period, roughly 10,000 to 4,500 BCE, that our ancestors transitioned from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled communities that practiced agriculture and animal domestication. The Neolithic revolution brought about profound changes in human society, paving the(...) " href="https://archaeologymag.com/encyclopedia/neolithic/" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]" tabindex="0" role="link">Neolithic B period, between 8,700 and 8,000 BCE. They help explain a long-standing puzzle at Göbeklitepe .…