Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

One small artifact opened up a world of discovery of a Neolithic civilization with a remarkably advanced social structure.

But there’s no doubt the Neolithic Revolution changed humanity forever. The roots of civilization were planted along with the first crops of wheat and barley, and it’s not a stretch to say that the ...

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 ...

A team of archaeologists recently unearthed a human statue buried for over 12,000 years in a stone wall at Göbekli Tepe, a major Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey. This exceptional find questions ...

I. Paleolithic hunters and gatherers -- II. Neolithic villagers and farmers -- III. Bronze Age cities and civilizations -- IV. Recent perspectives and problems The idea of man's antiquity / Glyn E.