Do they mean "rethink our land use by the farmers" today, or the farmers "in the early Neolithic"? It is confusing.
I was wondering the same thing.
You know, it seems like he tried to have it both ways with that sentence. In truth this is an interesting discovery. I wouldn't want anything to get destroyed in the area, so people should be careful.
I will admit that they are pretty excited about that structure, that isn't really all that big at all.
It seems to me that we have this impression that people were complete idiots up until 100 years ago. Even in my short lifetime I've seen vast changes to areas I've frequented. I'd imagine there were some pretty incredible things in the past, that would surprise folks who think only those in our time could build decent structures.