Neolithic people seem to have understood sophisticated concepts in science, such as physics and geology, using this knowledge to construct a megalithic monument in southern Spain. Called the Menga ...

In 2020, a team of 18 international researchers—led by longtime Stonehenge expert Vince Gaffney—announced that they’d found two arcs of circular pits encompassing about 1.16 square miles surrounding ...

Evidence suggests that the settlement was spread across 15 acres. Archaeologists in France have uncovered a preserved settlement while investigating an area ahead of it being turned into a gravel pit.

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 ...

Throughout history, volcanic eruptions have had serious consequences for human societies such as cold weather, lack of sun, and low crop yields. In the year 43 BC when a volcano in Alaska spewed large ...

When one of his colleagues blew on a horn inside the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, an ancient, underground burial complex on the Mediterranean island of Malta, archaeologist Fernando Coimbra felt the sound ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

When archaeologists announced in 2020 that they had traced a vast ring of prehistoric pits encircling the Neolithic site of Durrington Walls, the find instantly reshaped how researchers think about ...

SANLIURFA, 27 November (BelTA - Anadolu) - A Neolithic architectural structure resembling an amphitheater and believed to have been used for ritual gatherings has been uncovered at the Karahantepe ...