9,000-year-old remains reveal the collapse of the old city

742 remains in Turkey show that ancient humans were also under pressure from crowded urban life and illness.

The 9,000-year-old skeleton remains unearthed in Turkey.(Photo: Live Science).

Recent archaeologists have found that the transition from self-seeking to community agricultural lifestyle poses many challenges for people in Çatalhöyük from 9,000 years ago. This is a region in southern Turkey that is 32 acres but has 8,000 people. Crowded population and other factors have made the habitat here harsh, people feel stress, stress and seek violence. People have to climb into their homes with ladders. The study is published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Archaeologists also found 25% of the 95 bones had cracks in the skull. Maybe they were killed because of a very strong blow from big clay tablets. Of the 742 remains, 33% show signs of bacterial infection. 13% of female teeth and 10% of male teeth are damaged. They ate too much cereal compared to other food groups. Hygienic conditions are extremely poor, walls and floors have residues of human and animal faeces.

Researcher Nada Elias unearthed an adult human skeleton at Çatalhöyük.(Photo: Scott Haddow).

"Life is cramped, crowded, houses are so close together that the disease spreads. This is also a big factor that makes Çatalhöyük become a dead city , " anthropology professor Clark Spencer Larsen, Ohio State University. said and said that "Çatalhöyük is one of the first urban communities in the world and residents have experienced what happens when you take many people to a small area for a long time. This sets the stage. for what we face today and the human challenges we encounter in urban life ".

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