... as transition from paleolithic to neolithic in http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/archaeology/sites/europe/franchthicave.html It is unique for having unbroken series of deposits spanning the period from ca. 20,000 B.C. down to ca. 3000 B.C. * no definite evidence of plant gathering before ca. 11,000 B.C.E. * wild oats and wild barley -- neither becomes common until ca. 7000 B.C.E. * The disappearance of the equid and caprine bones from the faunal assemblage, as well as an increase in the number of pistachios, all taking place ca. 8000 B.C. suggest a change of environment to open forests. Philip Thrift http://www.geocities.com/paleofitness