For at least a thousand years after the construction of Göbekli Tepe, foraging still played an important role in ancient Anatolian life. The archaeological record indicates that, initially at least, there were many communities in the Levant who turned their noses up at the idea of engaging in even low-level food production. But over time, as communities across the Middle East grew more dependent on farmed grains, their fields and farms displaced wild animal and plant populations, making it increasingly hard for even the most determined foragers to sustain themselves by hunting and gathering
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