About the series

From National Geographic Media, Nat Geo Explores breaks down the worlds of Science, History, and Animals. In each episode, scientists and historians explain in fascinating detail everything from the connection between germs and diseases to how we became obsessed with Mars.

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About 12,000 years ago, our Stone Age ancestors began doing things differently. They shifted away from hunting and gathering to growing crops and domesticating animals during a period known as the Neolithic Revolution.
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