Neolithic society was less sexist than previously thought, scientists believe, after studying the genetics and burial sites ...

On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey's vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life ...

While scientists do not have any similar written sources of eruptions from Neolithic times–about 10,000 to 2,000 BCE–they do have ice cores. These long time capsules that are brought up from glaciers ...

Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of rare “rock crystal” quartz fragments in a ceremonial site in western England. This find suggests people in Neolithic times used them to decorate graves and ...

Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five continuous generations of a single extended family.

Some of the world’s earliest cities were built about 7,000 years ago by Trypillia societies in what today we call Ukraine and Moldova. Archaeologists have long wondered how these densely settled ...

A recent archaeological excavation in Italy has unearthed fascinating evidence of ancient maritime technology dating back over 7,000 years, as reported in Phys.org. Led by Juan F. Gibaja and his team ...

Using isotope geochemistry, a team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has uncovered new information about the Barmaz necropolis in Valais (Switzerland): 14% of the people buried 6,000 years ago at ...

Neolithic people sprinkled the crystals over burials. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hundreds of fragments of a rare transparent ...

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