00:00Archaeologists just uncovered something 7,500 years older than Stonehenge,
00:04and it might rewrite human history.
00:07Deep in Turkey's San Lirfa region, at a site called Mendik Tipi,
00:11researchers discovered ancient structures that could be the world's earliest human settlement.
00:16These buildings predate Gobekli Tepe,
00:18the 12,000-year-old ritual site once thought to be the beginning of civilization.
00:23Unlike Gobekli's famous T-shaped pillars,
00:25Mendik Tipi has upright rectangular stones and elaborate stone walls.
00:30Some structures are small, likely used for food prep or storage.
00:34But others stand up to 16 feet tall, possibly used for rituals or gatherings.
00:39Experts believe this site could be from the very start of the Neolithic era,
00:43when humans first began settling down.
00:45And one pillar? It might be the world's oldest calendar,
00:49with carvings tracking days, months, and even star constellations.
00:53This discovery challenges everything we thought we knew about early human life.
00:57Mendik Tipi could be the missing link between hunter-gatherers and civilization as we know it.
01:02We've got a different perspective on the marinara.
01:03We've got to make sure that time might end up hurting ourона.
01:04We've got to make sure that it's not going on in here.
01:05Let's get into it.
01:06Let's do it.
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