Locutio Anglica ''Neolithic Revolution'' ("commutatio" seu "res novae Neolithicae") primum anno [[1936]] divulgata est ab archaeologo Anglico [[Vere Gordon Childe]] in libro suo ''Man Makes Himself'', ubi sub rubrica ''The Neolithic Revolution'' ("commutatio" seu "res novae Neolithicae") haec scripsit: "Res novae primae, qua oeconomia humana commutata est, hominibus potestatem cibi sui nanciscendi dederunt." <ref>"''The first revolution that transformed human economy gave man control over his own food supply.''" [[Vere Gordon Childe|Gordon Childe]], ''Man Makes Himself'' (Londinii: Watts, 1936) [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.20025/page/n87/mode/2up p. 74]; [[#Brami (2019)]]</ref> [[Gabriel de Mortillet]] iam anno [[1883]] hanc vicissitudinem, quae novas res ''{{Creanda|de|Wetzikon-Robenhausen|Robenhausen|Robenhausiennes}}'' seu Neolithicas produxerat, ''une véritable révolution'' ("verae res novae") Francogallice nuncupavit.<ref>[[Gabriel de Mortillet]], ''Le Préhistorique'' (Lutetiae, 1883) [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3411854f/f494 p. 480]; Jean-Yves Pautrat, "[https://www.persee.fr/doc/bspf_0249-7638_1993_num_90_1_9580 « Le Préhistorique » de Gabriel de Mortillet (1883): une histoire géologique de l'homme]" in ''Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française'' vol. 90 (1993) pp. 50-59</ref>
