A new study has found evidence of cheesemaking, using milk from multiple animals, in Late Neolithic Poland. The research suggests that early farmers reduced the lactose content in milk by making it ...

A cave containing what are reported to be more than 100 Neolithic-era paintings of people and animals has drawn attention to Tohma Canyon in the Darende district of Malatya province, Turkey. The ...

A study of ancient bones shows that Early Neolithic sheep-breeders were faced with high levels of mortality among young animals in their herds. A statistical model, partly developed at ...

A study has revealed that the earliest Neolithic groups to settle some 7,000 years ago in the Pyrenean site of Coro Trasito (Tella, Huesca) used species selection strategies to manufacture their tools ...

Archaeologists have recently discovered a "surprisingly complex" ancient burial system, complete with animal sacrifices, during a dig in central Germany. The excavation site is near Magdeburg, roughly ...

image: The study on the remains of animals found at the site of the Chaves cave in Huesca, led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, obtains new data on the control of breeding and feeding of the ...

An archaeological find in the Huescan Pyrenees allowed researchers to identify for the first time livestock management strategies and feeding practices which demonstrate how the first high mountain ...

A Neolithic-era pit unearthed in Pieria in Northern Greece sheds light on the eating habits of early inhabitants.

An international team of researchers analyzed organic residues in ceramic trays used by Neolithic people in the Near East to bake bread and focaccia. Reading time 3 minutes Imagine digging into a ...

Stonehenge at sunset. Construction of the iconic stone circle began around 3000 B.C.E. and continued in several phases. Captain Skyhigh via Getty Images About 5,000 years ago, Neolithic inhabitants of ...