European Neolithic hunter-gatherer groups traveled the sea to make their home in Africa, according to a new archaeological ...

Archaeologists uncover an 8,400-year-old human figurine in Azerbaijan’s Damjili Cave, shedding new light on Mesolithic art ...

The ditches were subsequently closed. Evidence from the site indicates that Neolithic people deposited the stones en masse over a short period—possibly in a single event—around 2900 B.C ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

The outcomes also indicated that humans planned the Neolithic cattle's reproduction cycle. The cycle was arranged in such a manner that births happened with the arrival of summer pastures.

Copper stands at the center of many of humanity’s greatest modern challenges as a critical mineral needed to power renewable energy and electric vehicles. This role is nothing new for copper—for ...

The bone tools date from more than a million years before our species, Homo sapiens, arose around 300,000 years ago.

On the Orkney Islands, off the coast of Scotland, there are no trees. Neolithic people on the islands built their houses from stone. Image caption, Today, this Neolithic home is open to the air ...