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Göbekli Tepe was built and occupied during the earliest part of the Southwest Asian Neolithic, known as the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN, c. 9600–7000 BCE).[28] Beginning at the end of the last Ice Age, the PPN marks “the beginnings of village life”,[29] producing the earliest evidence for permanent human settlements in the world.[29][30] Archaeologists have long associated the appearance of these settlements with the Neolithic Revolution—the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture—but disagree on whether the adoption of farming caused people to settle down, or settling down caused people to adopt farming.[31] Despite the name, the Neolithic Revolution in Southwest Asia was “drawn out and locally variable”.[32] Elements of village life appeared as early as 10,000 years before the Neolithic in places,[33][34] and the transition to agriculture took thousands of years, with different paces and trajectories in different regions.[35][36] Archaeologists divide the Pre-Pottery Neolithic into two subperiods: the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA, c. 9600–8800 BCE) and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB, c. 8800 and 7000 BCE).[30] The earliest phases at Göbekli Tepe have been dated to the PPNA; later phases to the PPNB.[37]