Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A stone seal found at the archaeological site of Tadım Fortress in Türkiye reveals how Neolithic people lived 7,500 years ago. The seal is thought to ...

A new study published in Nature on November 26 has shed light on the origins, population structures, and kinship systems of the people of Shimao—one of China's most significant late Neolithic ...

The middle Yangtze River valley of China was home to 20 or so Neolithic earthen walled towns dated between 6000 and 4200 cal BP, which is very rare in East Asia. Many scholars consider these walled ...

More than 7,000 years ago, people navigated the Mediterranean Sea using technologically sophisticated boats, according to a study published March 20, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Juan ...

Lake Bracciano, once the home of a Neolithic civilization, now sits miles from modern-day Rome and serves as an archaeological site. Nikole Ceccarelli via Unsplash As divers scoured the floor of an ...

I. Paleolithic hunters and gatherers -- II. Neolithic villagers and farmers -- III. Bronze Age cities and civilizations -- IV. Recent perspectives and problems The idea of man's antiquity / Glyn E.