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Before Çatalhöyük: Discovery of 9,750-Year-Old Street in Türkiye Pushes Back Urban Planning by Nearly a Millennium
Archaeologists in Central Türkiye have uncovered a feature that may rewrite the origins of organized living: a 9,750-year-old passageway at Canhasan 3 Höyük in Karaman province. This space between two Neolithic houses—possibly among the earliest streets in human history—predates the famed site of Çatalhöyük by roughly 750 years, offering a fresh perspective on early settlement…