Research published in the Internet Archaeology Journal found that the pits are man-made and were constructed during the late ...

The Passy-style tombs are a dramatic departure from earlier Neolithic burials not just in terms of their scale, but in what ...

Neolithic ‘chewing gum’ remains reveal the diet, microbes and repairs made by early Alpine farmers thanks to DNA trapped in ...

Hundreds of unusual discs unearthed in Denmark are revealing clues into how a Stone Age population responded to a devastating volcanic eruption nearly 5,000 years ago, a new study has found.

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through ...

New evidence suggests that a volcanic eruption around 2,900 BCE had devastating impacts on Neolithic societies in Northern Europe, altering their rituals and lifestyles. Researchers from the Niels ...

If someone hands you a large, spiral seashell, chances are that your instinct will drive you to hold it up to your ear.

Explore the Neolithic Age, where farming, animal domestication, pottery, tools, and permanent settlements shaped the first ...

Did ancient people practice equality? While stereotypes may suggest otherwise, the remains of one Neolithic society reveal evidence that both men and women, as well as locals and foreigners, were all ...

Archaeologists have played shell trumpets from Neolithic Catalonia, revealing they were highly effective for long-distance ...

An analysis of obsidian artifacts excavated during the 1960s at two prominent archaeological sites in southwestern Iran suggests that the networks Neolithic people formed in the region as they ...

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