In 1994, a German archeologist named Klaus Schmidt was investigating a site in southeastern Turkey which had been know to be a source of ancient stone tools.

What he found was far greater. His discovery totally upended the world of archeology and has changed everything we thought we knew about early human civilization.

Learn more about Göbekli Tepe and how it changed our views of early human civilization on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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