It was assumed for a long time that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. However, a new DNA analysis of 55 ...

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), ...

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

Life in Stone Age Orkney was far more refined than once imagined. The well-built homes at Skara Brae, Europe’s most complete Neolithic village ... some of the richest farming soils in Britain ...

Brodgar is “bridge farm.” The approach to the site ... you can see in this landscape date from the Neolithic—the New Stone Age. The earliest evidence of Neolithic activity in Britain ...

Excavation over 500,000 m² uncovered 25+ prehistoric buildings, a ritual circle, and medieval grain kilns. Artefacts will be dated and sent to museums later this year.

NEW STONE AGE GIRL AND BOY:Hey, hey, yes. An introduction to life in Neolithic Britain through the eyes of a typical family as they attempt to hunt and farm enough food to live on. Around 6,500 ...

Building 42 is one of more than a dozen mud-brick dwellings under excavation at Catalhoyuk, a 9,500-year-old Neolithic, or New Stone Age, settlement that forms a great mound overlooking fields of ...

the Neolithic period was ushered in with the development of agriculture and settled communities. Are you up to date on recent research on the Stone Age? Don't take your knowledge for granite ...

In Ireland's Neolithic period, which lasted from about 3900 to 2500 B.C., people built "megalithic monuments" — large stone structures that contained human bones and cremated remains.