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11,000-Year-Old Temple Found In Turkey

Ralph Spoilsport writes "In Southeast Turkey, the archaeologist Klaus Schmidt has discovered an 11,000-year-old temple. Established civilization theory suggests that agriculture created cities, and cities created monuments. This discovery suggests just the opposite — people got together to build a huge monument to their religion, and in order to sustain it, communities were formed and agriculture (already in development) quickly followed on to sustain the population. Truly a startling find with significant implications."

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  1. Obligatory by Gideon+Fubar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one welcome our cloned 500 year old Jurassic overlords.

    PS. I suggest you ask him what Dinosaur DNA looks like, and when his first test subject is due to hatch.

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    http://www.xkcd.com/354/