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01-10-2016 | Presidential Address
Presidential address (ISPN 2015, Izmir)
Author:
Chandrashekhar E. Deopujari
Published in:
Child's Nervous System
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Issue 10/2016
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Excerpt
Izmir, the venue of this conference, was known as Smyrna in ancient times. As a result of excavations carried out on the Yesilova mound located in the subdistrict of Bornova, on the eastern side of the Bay of Izmir, it has now become clear that Izmir’s past goes back 8500 years. This probably was the first evidence of civilization anywhere in this world. Another evidence of the fact that this area was “the cradle of civilization” was found some years ago in the nearby Anatolia region, namely Gobekeli Tepe, which is now immersed in the Ataturk Dam [
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