The sustainable development of agriculture has laid a solid foundation for the birth of human civilization and countries. Early agriculture has long been a focus of archaeology. China is the only ...

Did a major epidemic of plague trigger a prolonged collapse in Europe’s population in late neolithic times – from around ...

Like much of human history, the last throes of the Stone Age featured crises, conflicts, and intimate death rituals, many of which we may never fully comprehend. Yet a grisly discovery at an ancient ...

Using isotope geochemistry, scientists have uncovered new information about the Barmaz necropolis in Valais (Switzerland): 14% of the people buried 6,000 years ago at this site were not locals. What's ...

A recent archaeological excavation in Italy has unearthed fascinating evidence of ancient maritime technology dating back over 7,000 years, as reported in Phys.org. Led by Juan F. Gibaja and his team ...

Some of the world’s earliest cities were built about 7,000 years ago by Trypillia societies in what today we call Ukraine and Moldova. Archaeologists have long wondered how these densely settled ...

Precious little is known about the Neolithic era in Britain—a problem most prominently exemplified by Stonehenge. Theories abound as to the origins of the 5,000-year-old structure, ranging from ...