The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...

The Neolithic decline was followed by “profound ... “If it impacted the life on the steppe, it could be a potential driver for these migrations, which we know from ancient genomics totally ...

One of the greatest architectural achievement of Scotland's Neolithic builders has to be the 5000 year old chambered tomb of Maes Howe in Orkney. The builders of the chambered cairn known as Maes Howe ...

The first discovery of the so-called sun stones arrived in 1995 when a few pieces came to light during excavations at the Neolithic site of Rispebjerg on the Danish island of Bornholm. But they ...

"Many a seeker can spend his whole life wandering around and not find something equally valuable." A metal detectorist combing a forest in eastern Poland just stumbled upon a rare, 6,000-year-old ...

"The ditches were subsequently closed.” Speaking with Salon, Iversen brought the Neolithic rituals to life by describing the elaborate ceremonies that would have been practiced by the ancient ...

According to the team, there is a high chance that a connection exists between the volcanic eruption, the subsequent changes in climate, and the ritual sun stone sacrifices. In addition to a ...

This is well-documented in written sources from ancient Greece and Rome. We do not have written sources from the Neolithic. But climate scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University ...

6200–3300 BCE. Credit: Rebecca Bristow et al. The team suggests that figurines, commonly associated with rituals and the integration of densely populated communities, lost significance as Neolithic ...