Cutting ties with continental Europe in around 3000 BC, ancient Britons abandoned innovation and shunned trade. Why did they ...

The evidence adds a new wrinkle to our understanding of the Neolithic, a pivotal period when humans were ... Such large, open-mouthed pottery vessels are similar in shape to qvevris, traditional ...

Skara Brae is a Neolithic village located on the Bay of Skaill, on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney Islands in Scotland.

Researchers excavating the site of a future nuclear project in the United Kingdom, Sizewell C, discovered hundreds of “seemingly unassuming” pits spread across the landscape, according to a June 4 ...

The pits were dated to the Neolithic period, between 4,200 and 6,000 years ago, according to the release. The 300 pits were filled with items like pottery, flint pieces, charcoal, animal bones and ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating ...

Prehistoric parents fed their infants nonhuman milk from animal-shaped baby bottles, according to a recent study. Archaeologists analyzed ancient spouted clay vessels discovered in the graves of ...

New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past. Here are some of the latest ...

Pigs have long been known, sometimes celebrated, as among the most intelligent of farm animals. Now, a new Dartmouth-led ...

“Wild boars were probably attracted to human settlements as people started settling down and began growing their own food,” ...