A dig in Turkey three years back found a huge stone circle older than Stonehenge

I was reading about the Karahan Tepe site in Turkey last week, and it got me thinking. Three years ago, they found these huge T-shaped pillars in a circle, dated to around 11,000 years old. That's way older than Stonehenge. Some experts say it proves complex society and big building projects started much earlier than we thought, maybe before farming was even common. Others argue the site might have been built over a long time by hunter-gatherer groups, not a settled society, so it doesn't really change the timeline. The details are wild, like how they carved animal shapes right into the rock. What's your take, does this find really flip the script on how civilization began?

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jasonallen2mo ago

My buddy saw those carvings and said it felt like a message from a totally different world.

sandra_bennett592mo ago

Tell your buddy to check if those carvings are on a load-bearing wall, @jasonallen. Sometimes people get creative in places that cause real problems.

the_jennifer2mo ago

Sandra's right, those carvings could mess up the whole house.