Discovered by chance in 1850, Skara Brae is the best-preserved Neolithic village in Europe. Located on the coast of Orkney, Scotland, this 5,000-year-old site is a fascinating reminder of a long ...

Neolithic culture was less sexist than previously thought — according to researchers’ shocking finds at burial sites By . Shane Galvin. Published Nov. 29, 2024, 8:42 p.m. ET.

A new study shows how a 5,600-year-old monument in what’s now Spain was erected. Each stone of the Menga Dolmen is many times bigger than Stonehenge’s megaliths.

Ghent-based designer Bram Vanderbeke has sculpted a series of abstract furniture pieces from blocks made of concrete waste that are treated with pigments and waxes to give an unexpected texture.

Greg Jenner and his guests explore the amazing prehistoric site of Çatalhöyük as we learn about the Neolithic Revolution of the Middle East. Show more Greg Jenner and his guests explore the ...

In Britain the genetic data was obtained from 51 Neolithic individuals (who died between 4000 and 2500 BC) and 104 Copper Age and Bronze Age people (who died between 2500 BC and 1000 BC).

The emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father's lineage, may explain a spectacular decline in the genetic diversity of the Y ...

Almost ever since man has been able to use a tool there has been furniture, though it has not always been as comfortable as the chairs and sofas we are used to today; ...

An archaeological dig at the former Church of St John the Baptist, Sutton, Shrewsbury, has un­­earthed evidence that links it to a 4000-year-old Neolithic-ritual site near by, which was discovered ...

Ghent-based designer Bram Vanderbeke has sculpted a series of abstract furniture pieces from blocks made of concrete waste that are treated with pigments and waxes to give an unexpected texture.