Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from ...

While the Paleolithic period involved a nomadic lifestyle and the invention of stone tools, the Neolithic period was ushered ...

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"Wales offers a unique lens into the Neolithic world, providing insights into the lives and beliefs of its first farmers. "These enigmatic stone monuments represent a window into a past where no ...

In addition, the CarsambaRiver, which in prehistoric times flowed right past Catalhoyuk ... Hodder sees support for that idea in other recent Neolithic digs in the Near East.

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labeled "passage tombs" by archaeologists because they typically ...

A study led by Prof. Amos Frumkin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity's most ...

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A hiking boot that belonged to one of the Ebener brothers sits in a glass museum case, alongside a Neolithic moccasin ... object as a “photo” of the past, helping our understanding of human ...

"It's a fascinating link with our past, it's beautifully balanced and a pleasure to hold in your hand. It's really hard to get your mind around the fact that the person who owned this lived so ...

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has ...