Ancient wildfires in the Levant may have inspired Neolithic pottery-making, Israeli study suggests...

An Israeli study links the emergence of pottery in the Levant to a period of peak wildfires, erosion and clay deposition during the Neolithic era.

Researchers suggest these environmental conditions may have prompted early experimentation with fired clay vessels in the region.

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