Archaeologists are examining bones at Çayönü Hill in the Ergani district of Diyarbakır, southeastern Türkiye, to reveal genetic information about the people who lived there 12,000 years ago.
Çayönü, located on the Ergani Plain along the Tigris River, has settlement layers dating back to 10,000 B.C. The site was first discovered in 1963 during a surface survey, and initial excavations were launched in 1964 by Halet Çambel and professor Robert J. Braidwood.
The site is considered one of the earliest places where humans transitioned from nomadic to settled life and from hunting and gathering to agriculture, shedding light on early civilization.
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