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Archaeologists Crack the Mystery of the Neolithic Decline
Over 5,000 years ago, the human populations in Northern Europe collapsed. Large settlements were abandoned. Megalith construction evaporated. Why the Scandinavian "Neolithic decline" happened is a mystery. Many assume some sort of crisis in their …