The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of civilization and where farming first emerged. But little is known about how climate change influenced early societies in this part of the world. Now, new research into ancient climate history is shedding light on how farming and civilization began. And the insights are coming from an analysis of a stalagmite in a cave in Kurdistan.
Ancient stalagmite provides insights into how climate affected early communities in cradle of civilization
