Did ancient people practice equality? While stereotypes may suggest otherwise, the remains of one Neolithic society reveal evidence that both men and women, as well as locals and foreigners, were all ...

Every so often, we make a discovery that reshapes our entire understanding of the world around us. Whether it’s scientists making breakthroughs at the LHC, or paleontologists unearthing the secrets of ...

Of the many infuriating findings about humankind from throughout history, evidence of inequality between groups of people persists. However, a recent discovery about ancient humans in Valais, ...

The origins of the stones that make up the ancient monument Stonehenge can provide insights into the connectivity of a Neolithic society in Britain (about 4300 to 2000 bc) that otherwise left no ...

The Sayburç relief is the oldest narrative “scene” that has been discovered, giving researchers more insight into neolithic society. Photograph by B. Köşker. A 10,000-year-old slab discovered in ...

It’s the real first wave of feminism. Neolithic society was more egalitarian than previously thought according to a new comprehensive genetic study. Central Europeans from 5,500 BC — considered by ...

Multi-disciplinary archaeological survey at the site of Oued Beht, Morocco, reveals a previously unknown 3400–2900 BC farming society. This is the earliest and largest agricultural complex yet found ...

A neolithic burial chamber in Carnac, France (Mark Cartwright/Creative Commons) (CN) — Early humans experienced a rapid population collapse across large parts of Europe five thousand years ago, the ...

(Fulya OZERKAN/AFP/AFP) On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey's vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world's ...

"Karahan Tepe and the wider Stone Hills project show a highly organised society with its own symbolic world and belief structures" overturning earlier ideas of a "primitive" Neolithic world, he said. ...