The Altar Stone might have represented an alliance between the Neolithic Britons who built Stonehenge and people in northern Scotland. Based on these new insights, lead author Mike Parker ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Grinding stones from early Neolithic European communities held significant symbolic value, reflecting time and life cycles. These tools, used primarily by women ...

Senior archaeologist Ravi Korisettar – honorary director at the Robert Bruce Foote Sangankallu Archaeological Museum – hinted during the event that its antecedents could be found in the ‘Southern ...

Hair color evolution followed yet another trajectory. The first genetic evidence of lighter hair appears in the Neolithic ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

“It was a huge hole.” Reich co-led a team with members in Algeria, Tunisia, and Europe to sequence teeth and bone remnants from nine individuals found in multiple eastern Maghreb Neolithic ...

1. Gobekli Tepe, Turkey (9600-8200 BCE): Considered the oldest structure in the world made by humans, this neolithic settlement features large, standing stones in circles ...

The Neolithic settlement predates Britain’s Stonehenge monument, during which time “more and more” human populations transitioned from continuous migration to more permanent communities. Co-director ...