DNA from Stone Age burials in ancient Anatolia reveals the earliest known female-centered society in a farming community.

Three Bronze Age cremations have been discovered underneath a popular playing field, as volunteer archaeologists resume ...

Study suggests pigs may have been domesticated in China as early as Neolithic period. ... (PNAS) – “is the first to find that pigs were eating humans’ cooked foods and waste”, ...

Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early ...

Knowth is one of the greatest monuments of Neolithic Europe, located in the Boyne Valley. The Brú na Bóinne area has been a ...

An ancient Turkish city was ruled by females who lived in a matriarchal society, more than 9,000 years ago, a new study has ...

Recent discoveries reveal surprising similarities between Stone Age people and us. They crafted musical instruments, built ...

For decades, archaeologists puzzled over the nature of this 32.5-acre city, especially after the 1960s excavations led by ...

Microfossil analysis of the teeth revealed 240 starch granules, which are indicators of plant material, and showed that the pigs had eaten cooked foods – rice and yams – as well as other ...

As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ...

An archaeological dig has uncovered an ancient burial ground underneath popular playing fields in Cardiff. Volunteers at a ...