Archaeologists have been arguing for years about the social structure of Çatalhöyük, a big Neolithic settlement in Turkey ...

The transition to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle is one of the great turning points in human history. Yet how this ...

So the origins of agriculture is what distinguishes the paleo from the Neolithic. Demsas: And around how long ago are we talking? Matranga: It was about 11,500 years ago in the Middle East.

Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

Discover how genetic data supports archeological evidence that some hunter-gatherers who originated in Europe ‘held out' on ...

Ancient bones reveal how early Iberian people managed livestock. A new study shows two distinct herds: some grazed freely, ...

It’s the real first wave of feminism. Neolithic society was more egalitarian than previously thought according to a new comprehensive genetic study. Central Europeans from 5,500 BC ...

What was life like some 8,000–9,000 years ago for the people on the East Mound at Çatalhöyük, an important Neolithic ...

The Neolithic Revolution—also referred to as the Agricultural Revolution—is thought to have begun about 12,000 years ago. It coincided with the end of the last ice age and the beginning of the ...

The domesticated rice was transported by the first islanders, who sailed 2,300 kilometres of open ocean from the Philippines ...

On the Anatolian plains, more than ten thousand years ago, one of humanity’s first major farming communities flourished, ...

A rare Stone Age figurine discovered near the Baltic Sea has been confirmed as one of the most significant Neolithic finds in ...