7,000-Year-Old DNA Rewrites the Story of the “Neolithic Revolution”

New genetic and archaeological evidence is reshaping the long-standing narrative of the Neolithic Revolution in North Africa.

7,000-year-old DNA in Morocco reveals origins of North African farming

Did it arise from local developments or through large-scale migration? Recent research in paleogenomics, published in Nature, ...
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Neolithic farming halls older than Stonehenge discovered beneath school

An early Neolithic timber hall has been found beneath a school in Scotland, with archaeologists believing it could have been a ceremonial venue for Scotland’s first farming communities. The remains of ...
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Study traces bread wheat origins to Neolithic Georgia

An international research team has pinpointed modern bread wheat’s origins to Neolithic-era Georgia, about 8,000 years ago.

8,000-year-old wheat imprint in Georgia reshapes origins of bread wheat, scientists say

A small imprint left on a piece of Neolithic mudbrick in Georgia is helping rewrite the story of one of the world’s most ...
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6,000 Years Ago, Scientists Find A Neolithic Society Treated Immigrants As Equals

Of the many infuriating findings about humankind from throughout history, evidence of inequality between groups of people persists. However, a recent discovery about ancient humans in Valais, ...
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Archaeologists Discovered a 6,500-Year-Old Neolithic Settlement with Mysterious Earthen Rings

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The ...