Neolithic People Controlled Cattle With Great Efficiency 6000 Years Ago; Planned Births During Summer Pastures Recent ...

Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...

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

According to the team, there is a high chance that a connection exists between the volcanic eruption, the subsequent changes in climate, and the ritual sun stone sacrifices. In addition to a ...

The Neolithic communities of the Iberian Peninsula were already strategically and efficiently managing cattle herds 6,000 ...

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 first discovery of the so-called sun stones arrived in 1995 when a few pieces came to light during excavations at the Neolithic site of Rispebjerg on the Danish island of Bornholm. But they ...

"We investigated Masseria Candelaro because we are studying how prehistoric people interacted with the dead between the Neolithic to the end of the Bronze Age in Italy," study lead author Jess ...

Experts say the discovery "opens a window into the spiritual world of communities that lived approximately 10,000 years ago.” ...

The old Neolithic village might have been built with a stockade around it, providing a safe space to slowly develop social ...

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ...

A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce ...