Relating to the New Stone Age, a prehistoric period when humans began farming, making pottery, and forming settlements.
From Greek 'neo-' (new) and 'lithos' (stone). Coined by archaeologists in the 1860s to distinguish this era from the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) period.
The Neolithic revolution—when humans switched from hunting to farming—took thousands of years to spread across continents, yet it's one of the most dramatic transformations in human history, birthing civilization itself.
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