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Neolithic agricultural revolution linked to climate-driven wildfires and soil erosion
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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Israeli study finds burst of fires 8,000 years ago forced humans to become farmers
Hebrew University researcher says lightning-ignited blazes transformed Levant's landscape, ending hunter-gatherer lifestyle ...
A Construction Crew Was Building a Golf Course—and Stumbled Upon a 2,000-Year-Old Wheel
Cabot Highlands is sculpting a 123-acre site in the pristine Scottish Highlands near Inverness into a championship-caliber ...
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Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals
A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.
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Climate Shift May Have Spurred the Neolithic Revolution
Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from ...
Bergantes River could be important route for Neolithization of Lower Aragon in Spain
A team of archaeologists has uncovered evidence confirming that Les Coves Llongues, in the town of Zorita del Maestrazgo (Els ...
New DNA study reveals Irish passage tombs were communal burial sites, not elite dynastic tombs
Archaeologists have long debated who was buried in these megalithic monuments and whether the tombs served other purposes, such as rituals, ceremonies, or displays. The prevailing view was that these ...
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Dry storms triggered by changes in solar radiation caused massive wildfires 8,200 years ago that spurred the birth of agriculture
A study led by Professor Amos Frumkin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity’s most ...