They began to set up farms. These farms marked the start of a new age in Britain – the Neolithic period (or new Stone Age): As well as setting up farms and permanent homes, they also built ...

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

The Neolithic communities of the Iberian Peninsula were already strategically and efficiently managing cattle herds 6,000 years ago, moving them from low pasture lands to mid-mountain regions to ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 earliest farmers in France knew a thing or two about scouting a location for a room with a view. The evidence: a recent discovery of a home from one of France’s first Neolithic settlements, which ...

These analyses confirmed the materials and manufacturing techniques used during the Early Neolithic, enriching the understanding of artisan practices and daily life of prehistoric societies.

Excavations uncovered hundreds more sun stones between 2013 and 2018 at Vasagård, another Neolithic site on the ... important the sun was in the daily life of the Stone Age peasants,” said ...

Neolithic people built grave mounds to bury their dead. People stored the bones of the dead in large graves known as long barrows. These graves were built from stone and covered with a mound of earth.