The Neolithic Revolution involved the advent of agriculture, which finally allowed people to settle down in ever-larger groups and focus on things other than procuring calories—things like developing ...

Humans were not the only species that experienced a population boom after the development of farming—so did the recently described African wolf (Canis aureus lupaster). According to a study published ...

During the Neolithic period, human groups around the world shifted from migratory communities of hunter-gatherers to settled groups relying on agriculture. This change happened about 12,000 years ago ...

Around 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East. With the beginning of the ...

We may not know exactly how or why Stonehenge was built, but new research affords a glimpse of the people who erected England’s iconic stone monument some 5,000 years ago. The study, which examined ...

Human behaviour during the last intense period of global warming might offer an insight into how best to adapt to current climate change, a study suggests. Research led by the University of Plymouth ...

The Neolithic period, considered to be the last part of the Stone Age, may have been a brutal time to be alive for many people in Europe. Archaeological studies have found evidence of massacres ...

Stonehenge's enormous rocks may have been transported to the prehistoric site with the help of pig fat, a scientist has said. Archaeologist Lisa-Marie Shillito say residues of fat on pottery ...

The behavior of the human population during the last intense period of global warming might offer an insight into how best to adapt to the current challenges posed by climate change, a study suggests.