Neolithic society was less sexist than previously thought, scientists believe, after studying the genetics and burial sites ...

Central Europeans from 5,500 BC — considered by anthropologists to be part of the Linear Pottery Culture — had no discernable ...

Neolithic society was less sexist than previously ... as well as their similarities to the way modern humans build communities today. “We can now see how important broader family relationships ...

“These excavations have altered people’s perspectives on the Neolithic period,” says archaeologist Douglas Baird of the University of Liverpool, who is now working at Mendik, a newly ...

On the Orkney Islands, off the coast of Scotland, there are no trees. Neolithic people on the islands built their houses from stone. Image caption, Today, this Neolithic home is open to the air ...

An international team of researchers analyzed organic residues in ceramic trays used by Neolithic people in the Near East to ...

Researchers uncovered evidence that early Neolithic farming communities in Central Europe lived without hierarchy.

Early Neolithic genetic data has helped archaeologists understand that there was likely more freedom and equality in Neolithic societies than ...

The most recent genetic research has revolutionized our understanding of Neolithic societies, revealing a more complex and ...

An international team of researchers led by Pere Gelabert and Ron Pinhasi of the University of Vienna and David Reich of ...