There is some evidence for paleolithic civilization in southern Turkey (which is mentioned in the article but not central to it): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G

There is some evidence for paleolithic civilization in southern Turkey (which is mentioned in the article but not central to it): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe It is relatively unsurprising that there should be bursts of civilization before the wheels really got turning, but crazy people citing Plato's fictions are not worth much attention.