Stone Age Religion at Goebekli Tepe

Excavation of Goebekli Tepe has revealed the hitherto unknown religion of the Neolithic Revolution. Almost twelve millennia ago the cult was established at the northern end of the Fertile Crescent by priests who were hunter-shamans miners of flint and weapon-makers. Progress in weapon manufacture resulted in overhunting a temporary surplus of meat too many human hunters and a decline in prey animal populations. Shortages of prey animals elicited a priestly cult that specialized in the regeneration of life. Priestly minds rationalized taking control of plants and animals and thereby encouraged domestication--which led to hyper-domestication or what evolved as our history of civilization and our history of religions.