Around 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East. With the beginning of the ...

A study led by Prof. Amos Frumkin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity's most significant turning points: the Neolithic Revolution. Published in the Journal of ...

The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution is one of the most thoroughly-studied episodes in prehistory. But a new article shows that most explanations for it don't agree with the evidence, and offers a ...

The Neolithic Revolution involved the advent of agriculture, which finally allowed people to settle down in ever-larger groups and focus on things other than procuring calories—things like developing ...

Analysis of ancient dental plaques reveal details about a dietary shift in the populations of Central and Southern Italy during the Neolithic transition. During the Neolithic period, human groups ...

This is the first in a series of articles about food under global warming. This article takes a long view of the relationship between climate, agriculture, and class society. The latest IPCC report ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Humans were not the only species that experienced a population boom ...

Cultural exchanges and interbreeding between African hunter-gatherers, Neolithic European farmers, and East-Saharan herders shaped changes in lifestyles, cultural expression and genetic makeup in the ...

Ground-penetrating radar image of the Neolithic enclosure in Chleby, Czech Republic CHLEBY, CZECH REPUBLIC—A monumental structure built some 6,500 years ago has been identified as one of the oldest ...

About 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East. With the beginning of the ...