This ancient rock shelter in Spain preserves the story of how people moved from hunting to farming around 8,000 years ago
- A rock shelter in northeastern Spain is giving archaeologists a rare and clear look at one of the biggest changes in human history, the shift from hunting and gathering to farming.
- The site, called Coves del Fem, sits above the Montsant River in Catalonia and has been dug up since 2013.
- A new round of digging in the summer of 2026 found well-kept layers from both hunter-gatherer groups and early farming communities living at the same spot.
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- A rock shelter in northeastern Spain is giving archaeologists a rare and clear look at one of the biggest changes in human history, the shift from hunting and gathering to farming.
- The site, called Coves del Fem, sits above the Montsant River in Catalonia and has been dug up since 2013.
- A new round of digging in the summer of 2026 found well-kept layers from both hunter-gatherer groups and early farming communities living at the same spot.
Sources: Times of India