Discover how genetic data supports archeological evidence that some hunter-gatherers who originated in Europe ‘held out’ on ...

Artwork of the ponds described in the study. Image by Julian Puig Guevara. The study suggests that the Casarabe culture represents an example of a “Neolithic Revolution” in the Amazon, with an economy ...

Copper stands at the center of many of humanity’s greatest modern challenges as a critical mineral needed to power renewable ...

Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of ...

The Neolithic agricultural revolution saw the standardization of land, allotted to community members in lots sufficient to support their families, with proportional obligations attached—obliging ...

Although Neolithic Britain itself takes up less than half the book, there is nevertheless ample space to tackle it in detail. Miles brings together all the major discoveries in excavation and dating ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Measuring time to the 19th decimal place, as nuclear clocks could do, would allow scientists to study very fast processes ...

Iron implements found in Tamil Nadu indicate that the Iron Age began here 5,300 years ago. Politicizing this fact does a disservice to archeology and the quest for truth.

With historical connotations of royalty, divinity, authority, and melancholy, you'll likely never look at blue the same way ...