18,000-Year-Old Stalagmite Sheds Light On Why Civilization Started In The Fertile Crescent
18,000-Year-Old Stalagmite Sheds Light On Why Civilization Started In The Fertile CrescentA stalagmite from a cave in Kurdistan has provided unprecedented detail on local climatic conditions from 18,000 to 7,500 years ago, as Earth was leaving the last glacial period. Lying so close to the valleys where agriculture and civilization were born, the find offers great insight into the conditions...