3. Review Paper Children’s health and mortality in the Neolithic age in the Levant and Anatolia. by A. Sousou Abstract Understanding the mortality and health status of children is key to understanding the well-being of any society, because they are the group most sensitive to environmental, behavioral and pathological variables and influences. The first complex human societies appeared in the Near East during the Neolithic period, so studying the health status and death rate of these societies, especially children mortality and the diseases that affected children under five years of age, is very important to enhance our understanding of the nature of these societies. Download Complete Article