A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — but sometimes those roles were fluid.

A statistical analysis of a series of signs carved into artifacts from around 40,000 years ago suggests humans developed ...

In more modern times, a huge range of inks evolved. Johannes Gutenberg used oil-based inks mixed with lamp-black, egg white ...

Lying on the ground near the center of Stonehenge, partially covered by two huge slabs that appear to have toppled over, is a 16-foot-long block of gray-green sandstone. In 1620, noted landscape ...

Excavations at the village of Fleury-sur-Orne in France’s Normandy region revealed a necropolis of 32 burial mounds dating to the Middle Neolithic period (ca. 4700 –4300 b.c.). The traces of ditches ...

New research from the University of St Andrews, as part of a team led by the University of Bradford, has confirmed the details of a massive, neolithic pit structure recently discovered during a ...

After the discovery, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy visited Karahantepe on Nov 26 (Photos: AA) Archaeologists working at the Karahantepe excavation site in southeastern Turkey have ...

During a study of almost 200 human bones from China’s Neolithic Liangzhu culture, researchers made a surprising discovery: Several dozen of them showed some kind of modification. The bones had been ...

Thousands of years ago, humans in the Neolithic villages of Syria lived, worked, and raised families. Their teeth now reveal to us how their ancient community life unfolded. Scientists from Durham and ...

Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three circular ditch systems that date to around 6,500 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The ...