An interdisciplinary research project on the development of the earliest forms of agriculture shows that early farming societies began to integrate new cereal varieties into their range of crops ...

The transition to agriculture in Europe involved the coexistence of hunter-gatherers and early farmers migrating from Anatolia. To better understand their dynamics of interaction, a team from the ...

Massive T-shaped limestone pillars, some weighing up to 50 tons, were quarried and erected at Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period, roughly 9600 to 8000 calBC.

The Neolithic age — when agriculture and animal farming were adopted — has become one of the most widely studied periods of social and economic transition in recent years. It was a period that drove ...

At a Neolithic settlement on the Danish island Funen dating back 5,500 years, archaeologists have discovered both grinding stones and grains from early cereals. However, new research reveals that the ...

Researchers discovered 614 stone plaques and fragments at Vasagård West, an archaeological site on the Danish island of Bornholm. National Museum of Denmark Over the years, a variety of mysterious ...

New research on animal bones at Dispilio, a lakeside Neolithic site in Greece, uncovers ancient farming and livestock practices.

It’s a staple food for many cultures around the world. But how did humans determine that grass seeds had the potential to become bread? A new study suggests that bread wheat likely emerged around ...