Were Greece's Neolithic Dimini people responsible for the violent conquest of the Sesklo people, or did the two communities ...

Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy wilds of Dartmoor, offering a clearer picture of life 5,000 years ago.

A new study contradicts the long-held assumption that Ireland’s Neolithic passage tombs were reserved for members of an elite ...

The tools and their ritual deposits may reflect the lives of Neolithic populations who ... This suggests an analogy with the cycles of life of people and settlements, which were periodically ...

In Ireland's Neolithic period, which lasted from about 3900 to 2500 B.C., people built "megalithic monuments" — large stone structures that contained human bones and cremated remains.

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has overturned this idea. By integrating exciting new results from ancient DNA ...

“Traditionally, it has been considered that large passage tombs like Newgrange were the burial places of special or important ...

A new study reveals that the Neolithic Revolution in the southern Levant may have been triggered by catastrophic wildfires ...

During the Irish Neolithic period, which lasted approximately from 3900 to 2500 BCE, people built megalithic monuments—large stone structures that contained human bones and cremated remains ...

Elliott & Thompson has acquired The Seekers: Unearthing the Lost Neolithic People of Britain and Ireland by archaeologist, lecturer and author Jim Leary. Publishing director Sarah Rigby secured ...

These new finds breathe life into that theory ... The find invites a broader look at how Neolithic people lived and what they believed. These circles are more than stones—they’re silent ...

Nevertheless, people met, mingled, and had children with each other throughout the Irish Neolithic period, regardless of how they buried their dead. There is no evidence that patterns of marriage ...