The middle Yangtze River valley of China was home to 20 or so Neolithic earthen walled towns dated between 6000 and 4200 cal BP, which is very rare in East Asia. Many scholars consider these walled ...

A new study published in Nature on November 26 has shed light on the origins, population structures, and kinship systems of the people of Shimao—one of China's most significant late Neolithic ...

Lake Bracciano, once the home of a Neolithic civilization, now sits miles from modern-day Rome and serves as an archaeological site. Nikole Ceccarelli via Unsplash As divers scoured the floor of an ...

A project aimed to create an image out of a skull successfully identified the "Penang Woman," who lived 5,700 years ago during the Neolithic stone age, with the researchers revealing what the person ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A stone seal found at the archaeological site of Tadım Fortress in Türkiye reveals how Neolithic people lived 7,500 years ago. The seal is thought to ...