The First Temperate Neolithic (FTN) is an

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consisting of the earliest archaeological cultures of

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, dated to ''c.'' 6400–5100

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. The cultures of the FTN were the first to practice

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, which required significant innovations in farming technology previously adapted to a

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. The constituent cultures of the FTN are: * the Starčevo–Kőrös–Criș culture, encompassing: :* the

Starčevo culture The Starčevo culture is an archaeological culture of Southeastern Europe, dating to the Neolithic period between ''c.'' 6200 and 4500 BCE. It originates in the spread of the Neolithic package of peoples and technological innovations including fa ...

, ''c.'' 6200–5200 BCE,

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, Bosnia, eastern

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and western Hungary; :* the

Kőrös culture Kőrös may refer to: * Kőrös, the Hungarian name of Križevci, Croatia * Endre Kőrös (1927–2002), Hungarian chemist See also * The historic Belovár-Kőrös County or Bjelovar-Križevci County The Bjelovar-Križevci County ( hr, Bj ...

, ''c.'' 6400–5100 BCE, eastern

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; :* the Criş culture, ''c.'' 6400–5200 BCE,

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; * the Karanova I/II culture, ''c.'' 6300–5100 BCE, central and southern

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; * the Macedonian First Neolithic, ''c.'' 6600–5300 BCE,

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; * the Poljanica group, ''c.'' 6300–5200 BCE, northeast Bulgaria; * the West Bulgarian Painted Ware culture, ''c.'' 6200–5200 BCE, western Bulgaria. * and the

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, c. 5700–4500 BC, Serbia.

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