The Neolithic began about 12,000 years ago when farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts of the world. The term 'Neolithic' was coined by Sir John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. This "Neolithic package" included the introduction of farming, domestication of animals, and change from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to one of settlement. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts of the world. The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος néos 'new' and λίθος líthos 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
The Neolithic saw the invention of agriculture. Reconstruction of a Neolithic farmstead, Irish National Heritage Park.
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