Not exactly a new discovery though, is it?

"... Schmidt points to the great stone rings, one of them 65 feet across. "This is the first human-built holy place," he says. ..."

How can he say that? How does he know?

Bit of trivia about this part of Turkey - the humble chick pea was first domesticated here (one of the first plants to be domesticated); 'they' reckon about 10,000 years ago. I wonder if the builders of Gobekli Tepe enjoyed hummous for lunch?