<P> The oldest remains that have been found of constructed dwellings are remains of huts that were made of mud and branches around 17,000 BC at the Ohalo site ( now underwater ) near the edge of the Sea of Galilee . The Natufians built houses , also in the Levant , around 10,000 BC . Remains of settlements such as villages become much more common after the invention of agriculture . </P>
<P> The oldest remains that have been found of constructed dwellings are remains of huts that were made of mud and branches around 17,000 BC at the Ohalo site ( now underwater ) near the edge of the Sea of Galilee . The Natufians built houses , also in the Levant , around 10,000 BC . Remains of settlements such as villages become much more common after the invention of agriculture . </P>
when did humans begin to live in permanent settlements
when did humans begin to live in permanent settlements
around 17,000 BC
around 17,000 BC