A new study that examined the remains of individuals in Gurgy burial ground in Paris sheds light on the family relations of Neolithic societies... Here are family trees from the European Neolithic period

According to analysis of related words the ancestor of the Indo-European languages may have been spoken by farmers in southern Turkey 8,000 years ago.

Stone fluted points dating back some 8,000 to 7,000 years ago, were discovered on archaeological sites in Manayzah, Yemen and Ad-Dahariz, Oman. Until now, the prehistoric technique of fluting had been uncovered only on 13,000 to 10,000-year-old…

New analysis of ancient fish bones suggest aquaculture has deep historical roots in China.

Anatolia was home to some of the earliest farming communities. It has been long debated whether a migration of farming groups introduced agriculture to central Anatolia. First Anatolian farmers were local hunter-gatherers that adopted agriculture.

Recent archaeological survey reveals a millennia-long history of pastoral occupation of Alay from the early Bronze Age through the Medieval period, and a stratified Holocene sequence at the site of Chegirtke Cave.

Ancient proteins from ceramic vessels at Çatalhöyük West reveal the hidden cuisine of early farmers