In a Nutshell The first complete ancient Egyptian genome shows this 4,800-year-old individual had mostly North African ...

Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

Domestic pigs are not only friendlier – making them safer for humans to live with – they also have smaller heads and mouths, as well as shorter teeth, than their wild counterparts.

Jerusalem Post / Science Study shows pig domestication began 8,000 years ago in southern China Researchers found pigs consumed cooked foods and harbored human parasites, indicating close ...

There's no question that humans have left an indelible mark on the world, but we're also inadvertently steering the evolution of the life around us.

The team recovered unprecedented domesticated plant and animal remains, pottery and lithics, all dating to the Final Neolithic period. Excavation also revealed extensive evidence for deep storage ...

The dense and organically rich soils that developed as a result of occupation during the Late Neolithic may have attracted later use of the site, as evidenced by the construction of wall UH8 in the ...

Researchers at a dig site in Spain discovered tools from some of the first farmers, possibly dating back 7,000 years. The artifacts uncovered during the excavation are from the Neolithic period ...

Beginning in the Stone Age, Neolithic herders descended into and occupied these vast tunnels, known as lava tubes, archaeologists have discovered.

Archaeologists have cited this event to explain a dearth of sites in the eastern Mediterranean coastal region from the Early Pottery Neolithic period (6400-5500 BCE) when humans had already ...

The Neolithic period, which is also called the New Stone Age, is one of the most important transitions in human society. It’s what later brought us together in towns and cities. When great minds come ...