The findings suggest a sharp reduction in the local population followed by the arrival of entirely new groups from the south. The burial site itself spans the period from approximately 3200 to 2450 BC ...

A new genetic research study has demonstrated the existence of a distinct local community of Stone Age farmers that ...

The construction of complex megalithic tombs was a hallmark of the Neolithic period in Europe, yet this practice seems to have ceased rather abruptly at the end of the fourth millennium BCE. Numerous ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A strange gap in the contents of a 5,000-year-old megalithic tomb outside Paris may explain not only a ...

The growth of the human population has not always been a smooth ride, but has been punctuated by some strange fluctuations.

"For the people introducing the Neolithic into Britain, this social connection may have been as important as pots, cows and axes." Furthermore, by comparing the results with the structure and layouts ...

Neolithic-era pit filled with beaver bones, Alsleben, Germany. ALSLEBEN, GERMANY—A pit containing the 7,000-year-old remains ...

Bottomless stone bowl, plate, and batons, and small bowl containing animal figurines with heads in limestone rings (left) and stone animal figurines (right) Since the first stone structures were ...

The famed neolithic decline that struck around 3100 B.C.E. in northern Europe has a new scientific explanation. A distinct population drop across multiple regions opened the door for outsiders to ...