"We believe it was used by settlers during what we call the Neolithic Revolution, during a transition from a lifestyle of ...

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

The results indicate that the infants had a genetic mix between local hunter-gatherers and the newly arrived Neolithic people ... leading to speculation that the houses may have been used as birthing ...

The Neolithic revolution describes a monumental shift ... and is a large mound made up of the remains of hundreds of prehistoric houses. It is roughly the size of 33 football pitches and at ...

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

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

The phrase “Neolithic Revolution” was coined in the 1920s ... buried their dead in or under their houses, just as Neolithic peoples did after them. The first documented agriculture began ...

These farms marked the start of a new age in Britain – the Neolithic period (or new Stone Age): As well as setting up farms and permanent homes, they also built massive tombs and giant stone ...

A new study reveals that the Neolithic Revolution in the southern Levant may have been triggered by catastrophic wildfires and climate-driven soil erosion. Using charcoal records, isotopic data ...