11, 000 Years OLDER than Göbekli Tepe: 23, 000 Year Old Settlement Early Cultivation

Theres an archaeological site in Northern Israel, situated on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee and its one of the most fascinating and important ancient sites that hardly anyone has ever heard of. Its one of the bestpreserved huntergatherer sites of the Last Glacial Maximum, yes, were talking about a site 23, 000 years old. Its called Ohalo II, and it wasnt a mere seasonal camp, it was a permanent settlement, occupied throughout the year and for many generations, which, in the current state of knowledge, is somewhat unique for a site so old. But its what was discovered at the site that makes it so incredible. It contains two things that today, with the current level of research, can be called the worlds oldest. Firstly, it has the worlds oldest brush dwellings, but also, and most importantly, it contains evidence of the worlds oldest smallscale plant cultivation, some 11, 000 years before the onset of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent. Watch this