History could stand in the way of scores of new homes planned for multiple sites across East Devon, prompting calls for ...

The flute unearthed from an important Neolithic settlement in Iran shows how early humans progressed from their primitive ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

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

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

“The Neolithic, in this view, was not a single process ... the researchers were able to move past overly simple models of how farming spread. The story is richer, more complex, and more human. And ...

New Irish-led research casts doubts over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland ...