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Klaus Schmidt (1953-2014) was a German archaeologist who lead the excavations at the site of Göbekli Tepe, Turkey, from 1996. In this TEDx talk in Prague, which he gave shortly before his sudden death in 2014, he offers an overview about the importance of Göbekli Tepe, one of the most astounding sites in the history of archaeology. Göbekli Tepe is the most ancient example of the neolithic transition when hunters-gatherers stopped their nomadic way of life and settled down to become agrarian societies.