These types of Neolithic circular ditch monuments are found throughout Central Europe, but their intended function is a ...

Work has started on a project to unearth the secrets of a prehistoric ritual site in the Cornwall. Described by experts as ...

A team of archaeologists believes that three impressively sized circular ditch structures from around 4500 B.C.E.—which the ...

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 ...

The interior of the Menga dolmen features large stone columns that help support the structure. iStock via Spanish National Research Council The Step Pyramid of Djoser, one of Egypt’s oldest stone ...

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the southern ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Each of the 32 ...

Pioneering early farmers who arrived on the Baltic coast 6,000 years ago may have taken up fishing after observing indigenous hunter-gatherer communities, a major new study has found. Previous studies ...

A group of researchers recently conducted isotopic analyses on Neolithic remains found over a decade ago in a burial pit. Some of the remains showed signs of brutal violence. The new study, published ...