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 ...

As divers scoured the floor of an Italian lake off the Mediterranean, the wooden edge of a canoe poked out from the dirt. The lake, just outside modern-day Rome, was once home to an ancient people ...

The roots of civilization were planted along with the first crops of wheat and barley, and it’s not a stretch to say that the mightiest of today’s skyscrapers can trace their heritage to the Neolithic ...

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.