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Chronicles 31 min

The Origins of Religion

The world's oldest temple was built before anyone invented farming.

Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is the world's oldest known temple — built 6,000 years before Stonehenge by people who hadn't invented agriculture. The discovery flipped the story of civilization: religion may not have been a luxury that followed farming, but the force that drove it. Thirty years later, with 90% still underground, the argument has barely begun.

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archaeology Göbekli Tepe religion agriculture Neolithic Revolution ancient history Turkey hunter-gatherers civilization cognitive science Neanderthals Klaus Schmidt Taş Tepeler Karahan Tepe prehistory

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