Strong maternal lines recovered from ancient DNA samples at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, along with archaeological evidence of female-centered practice, points to a socio-cultural practice of mat ...

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

What was life like some 8,000–9,000 years ago for the people on the East Mound at Çatalhöyük, an important Neolithic ...

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

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”, ...

The remains of other food animals in the Tell Abu Al Kharaz assemblage include fallow deer and gazelle, which were clearly of some significance. Equid, ... The area around the Jordan Valley was ...

Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland’s Stone Age Settlements In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable Neolithic ...

Around 4000 BC, the first domestic animals and plants were brought to Britain from the Continent – heralding the Neolithic period of the Stone Age (4000-2200 BC). As well as keeping domesticated ...

The Neolithic Revolution—also referred to as the Agricultural Revolution—is thought to have begun about 12,000 years ago. It coincided with the end of the last ice age and the beginning of the ...

The evidence for food in the Iron Age (600 BCE – 400 CE) is probably skewed by the major excavations that have been undertaken at what have been regarded as provincial royal sites such at Tara ...