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Neolithic

The Neolithic is the prehistoric period of agricultural societies using cultivated plants and domesticated animals with stone tools. Begins c. 9000 BCE in the Near East, spreads through Europe at roughly 1 km/year via demic and cultural diffusion, and ends with the Bronze Age.

Neolithic Europe

Neolithic Europe: the spread of farming, pottery, and settled village life from the Near East and Anatolia across Europe from about 6500 BCE, via Mediterranean and Danube routes, reaching Scandinavia by 4000 BCE.

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Minières néolithiques de silex de Spiennes), near Mons, Belgium: largest and earliest ancient flint mines in Europe, over 100 ha, shafts to 16 m deep, UNESCO World Heritage since 2000.

Neolithic Revolution

The Neolithic Revolution, or First Agricultural Revolution, was the transition from hunter-gatherer life to farming, herding, and settlement, beginning about 12,000 years ago independently in the Near East, China, Africa, and the Americas.

Neolix (Neolithic unmanned vehicle)

Neolix (新石器无人车) is a Beijing startup founded in 2018 by Yu Enyuan that builds L4 autonomous delivery vans, called RoboVans, and has deployed more than 10,000 across China.

Neolix (新石器)

Neolix (新石器) is a Beijing startup founded in 2018 by Yu Enyuan that builds Level 4 autonomous delivery vehicles called RoboVans, raising over $600 million in 2025.

Neolobites

Neolobites, an extinct Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma) engonoceratid ammonite genus; type species N. vibrayeanus (d'Orbigny, 1841) from France; widespread in western Tethys, North Africa, Middle East, and South America; marker of the late Cenomanian Neolobites bioevent.

Neologism

A neologism is a newly coined word or phrase, or a new sense for an existing term, arising through word formation, borrowing, or semantic change and spreading through use.

Neom (نيوم)

Neom (نيوم) is a planned megaproject zone in northwest Saudi Arabia, announced in 2017 by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of Vision 2030, and known for The Line.

NEOM Green Hydrogen Project

The NEOM Green Hydrogen Project is a green hydrogen and ammonia production complex at Oxagon in northwest Saudi Arabia, developed by ACWA Power, Air Products, and NEOM Company.

NEOM Stadium (ملعب نيوم)

NEOM Stadium (ملعب نيوم) was a planned 46,000-seat 2034 FIFA World Cup venue, to sit 350 meters up within The Line in Saudi Arabia's NEOM; reported on hold indefinitely in October 2026.

Neomacounia

Neomacounia is an extinct monospecific moss genus in Neckeraceae from Ontario, Canada, described by Ireland in 1974 and named for John Macoun; its sole species, Neomacounia nitida, is known only from 1862 and 1864 specimens.

NeoMassage trial

NeoMassage (NCT06273202) is a randomized trial at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, testing whether infant massage changes quadriceps muscle thickness and trophism on ultrasound in stable preterm infants aged 28 to 35 weeks.

Neomi Rao

Neomi Rao, D.C. Circuit judge appointed March 2019 filling Brett Kavanaugh's seat, former OIRA administrator (2017) and George Mason administrative-law professor; wrote Flynn dismissal and 2026 deportation-flight contempt rulings.

Neomorph (company)

Neomorph is a San Diego biotechnology company founded in 2020 by Deerfield Management that develops molecular glue degraders, with its lead candidate NEO-811 in Phase 1/2 trials.

Neomphalidae

Neomphalidae (McLean, 1981) is a family of small deep-sea vent and seep snails in the gastropod order Neomphalida, superfamily Neomphaloidea, type genus Neomphalus; 13 Pacific species in eight genera, sister to Melanodrymiidae.

Neomura

Neomura is Cavalier-Smith's proposed clade grouping Archaea and eukaryotes as sisters derived from an actinobacterium via loss of the peptidoglycan wall; it competes with the two-domain tree nesting eukaryotes within archaea.

Neomycin

Neomycin (neomycin B, framycetin): aminoglycoside antibiotic from Streptomyces fradiae, discovered 1949; binds 30S ribosome; used topically and orally for hepatic coma and bowel prep; nephrotoxic, ototoxic, common contact allergen.

Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin

Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin, or triple antibiotic ointment (Neosporin), is an OTC first aid antibiotic ointment with bacitracin zinc 400 units, neomycin 3.5 mg, and polymyxin B 5,000 units per gram for minor wounds.

Neomys

Neomys is a genus of Eurasian water shrews (Soricidae) including the Eurasian water shrew N. fodiens, Iberian N. anomalus, Miller's water shrew N. milleri, and N. teres; semi-aquatic, venomous, split of N. anomalus/N. milleri dated 0.40 Myr ago.

Neon

Neon, chemical symbol Ne, is a colorless, odorless noble gas with atomic number 10 that glows reddish orange in discharge tubes, the glow behind neon signs.

Neon (2023 TV series)

Neon is a 2023 Netflix comedy series, 8 episodes, created by Shea Serrano and Max Searle, about aspiring reggaeton singer Santi (Tyler Dean Flores) and friends moving to Miami; Daddy Yankee executive produced, filmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, later canceled.

Neon (company)

Neon (NEON) is an American independent film distributor and production company founded in 2017 by Tom Quinn, known for the Best Picture winners Parasite and Anora, seven straight Cannes Palme d'Or winners, and the 2024 horror hit Longlegs.

Neon Ballroom

Neon Ballroom: third studio album by Australian band Silverchair, released 8 March 1999 on Murmur/Sony. Produced by Nick Launay, it featured David Helfgott, orchestration, and a choir, hit number one in Australia, and earned 10 ARIA nominations.

Neon Bible

Neon Bible is Arcade Fire's second studio album, released March 2007 on Merge and Mercury. Recorded in a converted Quebec church, it pairs apocalyptic themes of religion and consumerism with Springsteen-influenced, organ-heavy indie rock.

Neon flying squid

Neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii), also called red flying squid or aka-ika, a large oceanic ommastrephid squid of temperate and subtropical waters worldwide, with a one-year life span, North Pacific fall and winter-spring cohorts, and a major jigging fishery.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) is a Japanese media franchise created in 1995 by Hideaki Anno and Gainax, later owned by Studio Khara, spanning the 1995 TV anime, Sadamoto's manga, the 1997 films, the Rebuild tetralogy, and a new series announced in 2026.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン), also called Eva, is a 1995-96 Japanese TV anime by Hideaki Anno and GAINAX about teenage pilots of the bio-weapon Evangelion fighting Angels in 2015, known for its psychological depth, controversial ending, 1997 films, Sadamoto manga, and the 2007-2021 Rebuild films.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) (manga)

Neon Genesis Evangelion manga (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン): Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's comicalization of the Gainax anime, serialized 1994 to 2013 in 14 volumes, with Sadamoto's own characterization and ending.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 シト新生) is a 1997 two-part anime film: Death recaps episodes 1–24 with new animation, and Rebirth previews the unfinished opening of The End of Evangelion.