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Archaeology News :verified:Farming spread through migration, not local adoption, ancient DNA revealsAround 10,000 years ago, human groups experienced one of the most important changes in the history of humanity: the shift from gathering and hunting to farming. The transition, typically known as the Neolithic Revolution, began in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East and later spread to Europe...More info: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/farming-spread-through-migration/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/farming-spread-through-migration/</a>Follow <a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention">@archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#archeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#neolithic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FertileCrescent</a>

Ancient OriginsAO THROWBACK - The Fertile Crescent is the name given to the arc-shaped area of land that stretched across the Middle East from the northern end of the Gulf in the East to the Nile Valley in the West. <a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/fertile-crescent-0010488" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/fertile-crescent-0010488</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientOrigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AncientOrigins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historyfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historyfacts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historylovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historymatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historymatters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancienthistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AncientHistory</a>

💧🌏 Greg CocksA Wall Or A Road? A Remote Sensing-Based Investigation Of Fortifications On Rome's Eastern Frontier [using Cold War imagery] -- <a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.153" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.153</a> <-- shared paper -- <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatial</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#remotesensing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/imagery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#imagery</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#satellite</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColdWar</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roman</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/romanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanhistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancienthistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CORONA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CORONA</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HEXAGON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HEXAGON</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/declassified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#declassified</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/U2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#U2</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoint</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/militaryhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#militaryhistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/militaryintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#militaryintelligence</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/forts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forts</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/romanempire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanempire</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/romanforts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanforts</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/romanarmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanarmy</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/easternfrontier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#easternfrontier</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#survey</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USGS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spysatellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spysatellite</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/defensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#defensive</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#syria</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/steepe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#steepe</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#desert</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> @USGS

Tech news from CanadaArs Technica: I spy with my Cold War satellite eye… nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1979549" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=1979549</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/arstechnica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arstechnica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/archaeologicalremotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeologicalremotesensing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/aerialarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aerialarchaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/spysatellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spysatellite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/romanempire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanempire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Romanforts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Romanforts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋"Here we employ a sample of ancient Near Eastern cities dated between about 6000 BC and AD 1000 using settled area as a proxy for city population and relate this to estimates of regional population and prevailing climate to examine their long-term relationship."Lawrence D, Philip G, Hunt H, Snape-Kennedy L, Wilkinson TJ (2016) Long Term Population, City Size and Climate Trends in the Fertile Crescent: A First Approximation. PLOS ONE 11(3): e0152563. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OA</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Article</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ancient</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/NearEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NearEast</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Population</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Academic</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Academics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeodons</a>

Matt WillemsenNew language database narrows search for first speakers of Indo-European The study proposes a compromise solution to long-standing debate over origins of this incredibly widespread language family Before 8000 years ago, Fertile Crescent farmers spoke and began to spread Indo-European variants, which nomadic herders picked up and carried across the northern steppe roughly 2000 years later. <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/new-language-database-narrows-search-first-speakers-indo-european" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/content/article/new-language-database-narrows-search-first-speakers-indo-european</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/IndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#database</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a>

katch wreck"Officials who question why contract prices are inflated receive warnings, including one who objected to a power plant in northern Salahaddin province that was overvalued by $600 million. He got a call when it became clear he would not sign off on the deal, he said.Be careful, he was told." <a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-elections-iraq-baghdad-177d3284c87d892ac4f9f56140f13331#:~:text=Officials%20who%20question,he%20was%20told" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-elections-iraq-baghdad-177d3284c87d892ac4f9f56140f13331#:~:text=Officials%20who%20question,he%20was%20told</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/middleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#middleEast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energyEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energyEconomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kickbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kickbacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shadyDeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shadyDeals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iraqWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iraqWar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saddamHussein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#saddamHussein</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prosperity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prosperity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/embezzlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#embezzlement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/offTheBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#offTheBooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accountability</a>

Jens Notroff<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CatContent</a>! 😺Once we went full-farming, rodent-catching felines became our welcome furry friends (or we their service staff)."Feline <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genetics</a> pinpoint first-ever <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domestication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestication</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a>" c. 10,000 years ago in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a>:<a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html</a> via @physorg_com@twitter.com

Stone PagesFeline genetics help pinpoint first-ever domestication* of cats (*semi-domestication? see paragraph 7) <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/catgaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#catgaze</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html</a>

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