If the beginning of farming in peninsular India triggered a unique cultural dynamic that led to the formation of a Megalithic ...

Epidemiologists call this situation viral chatter : when human infections occur only in small, sporadic outbreaks that appear ...

There's no question that humans have left an indelible mark on the world, but we're also inadvertently steering the evolution ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an important clue for how plague could transmit within pastoralist communities ...

dating back to the Neolithic era — a period marked by major social and technological advancements, including settled communities, plant cultivation and animal domestication. Camels, which ...

In a cave in Azerbaijan, archaeologists have uncovered an 8,400-year-old figurine that could rewrite the story of prehistoric ...

"The animations and documentary films illustrate key processes, such as the transition from the Ice Age, the nomadic lifestyle of Neolithic ... and the domestication of animals." ...

scrofa domesticus (above), the domesticated pig ... skulls that came from younger animals and were smaller than those dating to the beginning of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. Zeder believes that ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 ... It likely reflects the movement of people associated with early pastoralism, who introduced domesticated animals, such as sheep and goats ...