Conference in person and live and on replay on the museum's YouTube channel.

The Neolithic Revolution is without a doubt one of the major events of human history. For a long time, typical representations of the Neolithic Period only showed it as being confined to Western Europe and the Middle East. However, in at least five or six different independent areas in the world, animal and plant species were domesticated, allowing for the management of food resources as well as the settling of human communities. The event “Worlds of the Neolithic Period” seeks to examine Neolithisation in other regions of the world through the screening of a film as well as series of round table tables and conferences.

10am 
Welcome by Dominique Garcia and Philippe Charlier

10.15am 
The Neolithic Period in the collections of the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.
Philippe Charlier, musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

10.30am 
Introduction
From the Revolution to the Neolithic Transition
Jean Guilaine

11am – 12.30pm
Opening remarks and discussions by Jean Paul Demoule, University Paris 1 

A Neolithic Period without Livestock Farming from the borders of China to South-East Asia.
Stéphane Frère, Inrap

From Plant Domestication to Agriculture in South-West Amazonia
Umberto Lombardo, University of Bern

Sedentary Living, Pottery and Farming: the Endless Neolithic Period in Amazonia
Stephen Rostain, CNRS

12.30pm – 2pm Break

2pm – 3pm
Neolithisation in Pre-Columbian Populations of the West Indies: what can seashells tell us?Nathalie Serrand, Inrap

The Neolithic Period and the Anthropocene Epoch: an overview
Muriel Gandelin, Inrap

3pm – 5.30pm
Screening of the documentary Ethiopia: The Mystery of Phallic Stones followed by a discussion led by Philippe Charlier with Jessie Cauliez, CNRS, Alain Tixier, Director, and Jean-Paul Cros, doctor and anthropologist.

5.30pm Conclusions