Eye-opening study suggests Çatalhöyük population levels over-estimated

A new study out of Notre Dame University, Indiana has suggested that accepted estimations for population levels at Çatahöyük and other Neolithic villages in Anatolia may be grossly inflated. In the past We have been told that Çatalhoyuk could have had up to 10,000 inhabitants at any one time - now this paper says maybe not so much. In fact, maybe less than 1,000 people lived there. This is a pretty big deal and hopefully, we’ll be able to help explain why in the next forty minutes! 'How many people lived in the world’s earliest villages? Reconsidering community size and population pressure at Neolithic Çatalhöyük' available here:

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Eye-opening study suggests Çatalhöyük population levels over-estimated is an episode from The Prehistory Guys by Michael Bott and Rupert Soskin.

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This episode was published on Jun 4, 2024.

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