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Carlin and his team noted that most individuals buried in the passage tombs were not close relatives, which disproves the ...

Archaeologists have long puzzled over these mysterious graves, wondering who was buried in them and what roles they played in Neolithic societies. Now, they may finally have some answers to these ...

Centuries of antiquarians and archaeologists thought they were burial places for the elite of Neolithic Irish society. Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially ...

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Evidence indicates that climate-driven wildfires and subsequent soil erosion around 8,200 years ago led to vegetation collapse in the southern Levant. This ...

Centuries of antiquarians and archaeologists thought they were burial places for the elite of Neolithic Irish society. Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially ...