The findings at the site relate to the border of the Natufian and Neolithic periods, which saw humans transition into agriculture and permanent settlement in villages, and no longer living as hunter-gatherers.
This proves that at the time people began to specialize in different areas, whether it's people who specialized in hunting, fishing or making cultural symbols.
Yair Zakovitch is one of the most original biblical scholars in Israel and around the world. In his works he explored the literary aspects of the Bible, and the intra-biblical interpretation and the evolution after the Bible.
Beyond the basic importance and the accompanying excitement of identifying new species that we have not yet known, this discovery is also important in the context of application, strengthening our ability to research bee societies and produce meaningful information for pollination and nature conservation services.
We found that there are many significant changes both in the characteristics of the habitat and the food and nesting resources it provides to the bees, and in the bees society itself.