--- title: "12 Neolithic Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Neolithic quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Neolithic sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/spencer-wells-33666_21st-century_many-of-the-crises-we-see-in-the-21st-ce_2387388.png" --- > [Many of the crises we see in the 21st century, I would argue, have their roots in the dawn of the Neolithic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-wells/many-of-the-crises-we-see-in-the-21st-century-i-would-argue-have/) [Spencer Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/spencer-wells-33666_21st-century_many-of-the-crises-we-see-in-the-21st-ce_2387388.png) > [Some people survived the neolithic age by being brave, others by being cowardly and smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-lord/some-people-survived-the-neolithic-age-by-being-brave-others-by-being/) [Phil Lord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-lord/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/phil-lord-18148_age_some-people-survived-the-neolithic-age-b_1826153.jpg) > [“Indeed, if we look closely at the art of the Neolithic, it is truly astonishing how much of its Goddess imagery has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/indeed-if-we-look-closely-at-the-art-of-the-neolithic-it-is-truly/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/riane-eisler-10808_art_indeed-if-we-look-closely-at-the-art-of_398960.jpg) > [I love prehistory - particularly the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. These were times when our ancestors made a revolutionary change from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-love-prehistory-particularly-the-neolithic-and-the-bronze-age-these/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/alice-roberts-6136_age_i-love-prehistory-particularly-the-neoli_1647539.jpg) > [“It might therefore be urged that the whole Neolithic population was "Mediterranean" by its skull-form and body-structure, and specifically "Nilotic" (indigenous Egyptian)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-william-king/it-might-therefore-be-urged-that-the-whole-neolithic-population-was/) [Leonard William King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-william-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/leonard-william-king-10036_quote_it-might-therefore-be-urged-that-the-who_1978671.jpg) > [“As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the Neolithic: the fertility of the soil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-snyder/as-a-poet-i-hold-the-most-archaic-values-on-earth-they-go-back-to-the/) [Gary Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/gary-snyder-4502_archaic_as-a-poet-i-hold-the-most-archaic-values_3074782.jpg) > [“Those who think of their house as only a ‘machine to live in’ should judge their point of view by that Neolithic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ananda-coomaraswamy/those-who-think-of-their-house-as-only-a-machine-to-live-in-should/) [Ananda Coomaraswamy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ananda-coomaraswamy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/ananda-coomaraswamy-30410_computers_those-who-think-of-their-house-as-only-a_1291498.png) > [Around 4000BC, the Mesolithic, hunter-gatherer way of life here gave way to a more settled, farming existence. Those Neolithic people built wooden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/around-4000bc-the-mesolithic-hunter-gatherer-way-of-life-here-gave/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/alice-roberts-6136_existence_around-4000bc-the-mesolithic-hunter-gath_1686806.jpg) > [ \[Y\]our agricultural revolution is not an event like the Trojan War, isolated in the distant past and without relevance to your lives… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/y-our-agricultural-revolution-is-not-an-event-like-the-trojan-war/) [Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/daniel-quinn-1786_break_y-our-agricultural-revolution-is-not-an_1828089.jpg) > [“That is to say, the Neolithic Greeks and Neolithic Egyptians were both members of the same "Mediterranean" stock, which quite possibly may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-william-king/that-is-to-say-the-neolithic-greeks-and-neolithic-egyptians-were-both/) [Leonard William King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-william-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/leonard-william-king-10036_quote_that-is-to-say-the-neolithic-greeks-and_1673762.jpg) > [It is the retention by twentieth-century, Atom-Age men of the Neolithic point of view that says: You stay in your village and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carleton-s-coon/it-is-the-retention-by-twentieth-century-atom-age-men-of-the/) [Carleton S. Coon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carleton-s-coon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6f/carleton-s-coon-66636_age_it-is-the-retention-by-twentieth-century_3050370.jpg) > [“in order that the lower edge of each stone should hitch like a pawl into a ratchet cut into the top of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-hancock/in-order-that-the-lower-edge-of-each-stone-should-hitch-like-a-pawl/) [Graham Hancock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-hancock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/graham-hancock-10752_quote_in-order-that-the-lower-edge-of-each-sto_2227879.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neolithic/#itemlist", "name": "Neolithic Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many of the crises we see in the 21st century, I would argue, have their roots in the dawn of the Neolithic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Spencer Wells" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-wells/many-of-the-crises-we-see-in-the-21st-century-i-would-argue-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/spencer-wells-33666_21st-century_many-of-the-crises-we-see-in-the-21st-ce_2387388.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/spencer-wells-33666_21st-century_many-of-the-crises-we-see-in-the-21st-ce_2387388.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/spencer-wells-33666_21st-century_many-of-the-crises-we-see-in-the-21st-ce_2387388.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Many of the crises we see in the 21st century, I would argue, have their roots in the dawn of the Neolithic.” — Spencer Wells", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some people survived the neolithic age by being brave, others by being cowardly and smart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Phil Lord" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-lord/some-people-survived-the-neolithic-age-by-being-brave-others-by-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/phil-lord-18148_age_some-people-survived-the-neolithic-age-b_1826153.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/phil-lord-18148_age_some-people-survived-the-neolithic-age-b_1826153.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/phil-lord-18148_age_some-people-survived-the-neolithic-age-b_1826153.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some people survived the neolithic age by being brave, others by being cowardly and smart.” — Phil Lord", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Indeed, if we look closely at the art of the Neolithic, it is truly astonishing how much of its Goddess imagery has survived—and that most standard works on the history of religion fail to bring out this fascinating fact.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Riane Eisler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/indeed-if-we-look-closely-at-the-art-of-the-neolithic-it-is-truly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/riane-eisler-10808_art_indeed-if-we-look-closely-at-the-art-of_398960.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/riane-eisler-10808_art_indeed-if-we-look-closely-at-the-art-of_398960.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/riane-eisler-10808_art_indeed-if-we-look-closely-at-the-art-of_398960.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Indeed, if we look closely at the art of the Neolithic, it is truly astonishing how much of its Goddess…” — Riane Eisler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love prehistory - particularly the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. 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