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Technological progress followed the melting glaciers. As the land warmed up, humans were able to farm it, domesticate animals, improve their stone tools, and build permanent settlements. People were no longer dependent on hunting and gathering for survival. Historians call this period the Neolithic Age or New Stone Age. It began in the warm southern climes and migrated northward in the wake of the retreating glaciers.

With improved technology, cave life and cave art became a thing of the past. Artistically, humankind fell into a creative slump that lasted about 6,000 years. People still made art, but it doesn’t compare to the Old Stone Age cave paintings and carvings. However, during the New Stone Age, humans improved as architects and built structures to last.

In this section, we check out New Stone Age architecture, from Anatolia to the British Isles.