Ireland’s neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite – new research
Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has ...
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The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of People With Zero Contact With One Another
Known to archaeologists and anthropologists as the Neolithic Revolution, the discovery of this historical head-scratcher is by no means new. Nevertheless, it continues to fascinate folks like Michael ...
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Neolithic DNA Analysis from Northwest Africa Reveals Some Hunter-Gatherers Held Out On Farming
Discover how genetic data supports archeological evidence that some hunter-gatherers who originated in Europe ‘held out' on farming, dared to cross Mediterranean ...
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The Seeds of Civilization
Archaeologists have long debated what caused the Neolithic Revolution, when prehistoric human beings gave up the nomadic life, founded villages and began to farm the land. Academics once ...
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7 scintillating facts about the Neolithic settlement that buried bodies under the floor
The Neolithic revolution describes a monumental shift from hunting and gathering to settlement and agriculture, and one of the most fascinating Neolithic settlements is Çatalhöyük in Turkey.
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Technological revolution
Things may be about to change. Again. According to archaeologists the Neolithic Revolution dates back as far as 11,000 years ago. Early civilisations relied mostly on hunting and gathering as a ...