Until recently, most archeologists continued to ascribe the Neolithic revolution to a combination of climatic and demographic factors.

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Since the beginning of the commercial revolution in the 14th century executives have built or lead their businesses in what scientists call the Holocene climatic epoch, a geologic time period that began at the end of the last ice age around 12, 000 years ago.

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