We call it the Neolithic Revolution.

我们称之为新石器革命。

But let's stick with the Neolithic for now.

但我们今天就专门说说 “新石器时代”。

The Neolithic settlement and burial ground was badly looted in the early 1970s.

这个曾经新石器时代的定居地及公墓在20世纪70年代早期遭到严重洗劫。

It's usually suggested that the Neolithic settles use skin-covered boats to transport livestock.

通常假设新石器时代的定居者使用动物皮肤制成船然后运输牲畜。

This became less urgent with the adoption of farming in the neolithic period.

随着新石器时代农业的采用，这一点变得不那么紧迫了。

Even as Stonehenge was being built, the days of the Neolithic were numbered.

即使建造了巨石阵，新石器时代还是即将结束了。

The results have caused them to reinterpret the Neolithic past quite radically.

这些成果可以让他们更为彻底地重新诠释新石器时代。

Now, it could be that prehistoric housewives sat around and lunched their way through the Neolithic.

现在人们通常认为，史前女性可能只是坐在那里无所事事、吃吃饭，就这样度过了新石器时代。

First off, the Neolithic period in Britain lasted from about 4,000 BC to 2,300 BC.

首先，在不列颠岛上，新石器时代大概是从公元前4000年开始一直到公元前2300年。

Britain underwent a total transformation in the Neolithic, and that was mostly thanks to farming.

在新石器时代，不列颠经历了全面转型，这完全归功于农耕。

In fact, they could trigger a whole new cuisine, a shift as profound as the neolithic revolution.

事实上，它们也能发展出全新的美食，带来新石器时代革命一样深刻的转变。

The Chinese objects, spanning from the Neolithic age to the present, include paintings, prints, jade and ceramics.

从新石器时代到现在，中国文物包括绘画、版画、玉器和陶瓷。

Life expectancy until the end of the Neolithic Era, for example, is believed to have been just 33 years.

例如，直到新石器时代结束，人类的平均寿命被认为只有 33 岁。

About 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age, the people who lived in this area had already begun farming the seas.

大约5000年前的新石器时代此地的古代先民已经有渔业劳作的农业生产活动。

This cromlech could only have been built in the Neolithic period.

这个cromlech只能建于新石器时代。

Let the Neolithic ladies wash the mud out of the stranger's hair'.

让新石器时代的女士们洗掉陌生人头发上的泥巴。”

So this is a symbol of power associated with humans since the Neolithic period.

所以这是自新石器时代以来与人类相关的权力象征。

She showed the picture to all the Neolithic ladies sitting patiently on the Stranger-man.

'她把这张照片给所有耐心坐在陌生人身上的新石器时代女士们看。

The only people who did not laugh were Teshumai Tewindrow and all the Neolithic ladies.

唯一没有笑的人是特舒迈·特温德罗和所有新石器时代的女士们。

Which is all a bit of a surprise to archaeologists, who had previously seen the arrival of the Neolithic as a rather gentle thing.

这一切让考古学家们显得有些惊讶，他们之前一直认为新石器时代是经济发展较为和缓的时期。