Construction at Göbekli Tepe began around 9000 B.C., centuries before the first domesticated grains appeared at settlements in the surrounding region.
Notes on verification
Verified against multiple independent, credible sources including Wikipedia, Nature, and World History Encyclopedia, all corroborating both the construction date and its precedence over domesticated grain evidence in the region. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Features - Last Stand of the Hunter-Gatherers? - Archaeology Magazine - May/June 2021 (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/ (corroboration)
- https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-021-01681-w/d41586-021-01681-w.pdf (corroboration)