Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

A 7,000-year-old grave site in present-day Oman indicates that the region’s Neolithic communities sometimes turned to an ...

A DNA analysis of human remains found that two medieval men were buried in a peculiar position at a ritualistic site from the ...

Archaeological discoveries often surface as fragments, leaving researchers to reconstruct stories from scattered traces. The ...

The Menga dolmen in Antequera, Spain, is a Neolithic monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The monument, built ...

A small carved stone, pulled from the soil of eastern Türkiye, is forcing archaeologists to rethink how sophisticated some of ...

A newly studied megalithic tomb in Oman reveals centuries-long Neolithic burial practices, regional mobility, and early ...

A neolithic burial chamber in Carnac, France (Mark Cartwright/Creative Commons) (CN) — Early humans experienced a rapid population collapse across large parts of Europe five thousand years ago, the ...

A 6,800-year-old skeleton has been unearthed in Germany, belonging to a person who lived as far back as 4800 BC. The remains are thought to belong to an older man from a Neolithic community, who may ...

Beyond the north coast of Scotland lie the Orkney Islands, an archipelago of more than 70 islands scattered across the North Sea like breadcrumbs. Long winters, raking winds, and a treeless landscape ...

Even in the Neolithic era, people loved bling. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 2, 2023 2:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

One small artifact opened up a world of discovery of a Neolithic civilization with a remarkably advanced social structure.