Before revision: Historical regions of sedentary settlements Herd of horses on summer mountain pasture in the Pyrenees Regions of origin of sedentary life: north central Europe, northeast Asia, and the fertile crescent The first sedentary sites were pre-agricultural, and they appeared during the Upper Paleolithic in Moravia and on the East European Plain between c. 25000–17000 BC.
After revision: Historical regions of sedentary settlements Herd of horses on summer mountain pasture in the Pyrenees Regions of origin of sedentary life: north central Europe, northeast Asia, and the fertile crescent