A new study contradicts the long-held assumption that Ireland’s Neolithic passage tombs were reserved for members of an elite ...

Were Greece's Neolithic Dimini people responsible for the violent conquest of the Sesklo people, or did the two communities coexist?

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 ...

Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy wilds of Dartmoor, offering a clearer picture of life 5,000 years ago.

A team of archaeologists has uncovered evidence confirming that Les Coves Llongues, in the town of Zorita del Maestrazgo (Els Ports region) of Spain, was inhabited during the Early Neolithic (second ...

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labeled "passage tombs" by archaeologists because they typically ...

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

Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from ...

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

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

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

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has overturned this idea. By integrating exciting new results from ancient DNA ...