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 ...

Discover how archaeologists used geometric analysis of ancient grape seeds to track Italy’s 7,000-year journey from wild ...

Neolithic site shows how villagers weathered drought, climate change 8,000 years ago At a submerged village off Israel’s northern coast, archaeologists discover a trove of artifacts showing how ...

The Step Pyramid of Djoser, one of Egypt’s oldest stone buildings, and the iconic Stonehenge in England stand out of some of ...

Archaeologists unearthed the settlement of the female-dominated Neolithic Dawenkou culture in the Shandong province of eastern China near the estuary of the Yellow River—considered the birthplace of ...

Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles have been found in England, and they may have been part of a "sacred arc," an archaeologist says.

The big stones at Stonehenge (sarsens) come from a few tens of miles away, but moving these 30-tonne monsters was no mean feat in Neolithic times. The smaller, exotic bluestones are a different story.

Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern Europe, according to a new study.

Another possibility is that the skeleton was assembled entirely during the Roman era, from a fresh (or fresh-ish) cranium, and "locally sourced" bones from Neolithic times.

WITH the discovery of metals, and notably the application of copper and its alloys in Neolithic times, we have one of the great turning points, if not the greatest, in the history of human ...

THE fact that in Belgium flint was in certain districts largely worked during Neolithic times, for the manufacture of hatchets and other implements, has long been well known. The mines in the ...