The sequencing of a genome extracted from the remains of an individual from ancient Egypt has revealed that 77.6% of their ...

Genetic studies point to female-centered living arrangements in Neolithic Çatalhöyük. Yet, power may not have rested solely ...

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

Ancient bones reveal how early Iberian people managed livestock. A new study shows two distinct herds: some grazed freely, ...

Cave art from ancient Yelagiri hills, Tamil Nadu, dating back over 9,000 years, reveals energetic depictions of humans riding ...

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 ...

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 ...