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Neolithic populations declined 5,000 years ago, but the reasons are subject to debate.
New research shows that Neolithic migrants from Spain brought agriculture to Northern Morocco over 7,500 years ago.
New analysis of archaeological remains in Spain has revealed that warfare is at least 2000 years older than we thought.
It is unusual to find a tomb so intact and so well preserved.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have used DNA from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France to reconstruct the lives of everyday Neolithic people.
This whirlwind tour of social history describes how infectious diseases have shaped humanity at every stage. It suggests reducing inequality will give us our best chance of surviving future plagues.
Teens across millennia have yearned to explore, try new things and participate in risky behaviours. The key difference, however, seems to be the experience of a rebellion or restlessness.
How we traced the origin of the sarsen stones.
Archaeologists reveal two-kilometre ring of pits around the neolithic Durrington Walls by studying old geophysical surveys.
Your taste for cheese and yoghurt may never have been satisfied were it not for illicit microbial sex.
Ancient farmers ensured their children were fed and entertained in a similar way to modern parents.
Armed conflict in Syria has been a disaster for the area’s cultural heritage. A displaced archaeologist describes what’s being lost.
Stone Age people in Egypt showed great respect for their dead, providing a glimpse of what was to come in the Dynastic period.
Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected neolithic human beings’ jaws – and allowed new language sounds to emerge.
Let’s worry about the future of Brexit, not its prehistory.
Trying to save Neolithic rock art made by our ancient ancestors is no easy task. But it tells us how people used to live.
From the tropics of Borneo, Darren Curnoe posted a daily diary sharing his team’s dig to explore ancient cemeteries. Through two metres of clay, human bones and tools were discovered.
An archaeological dig at Cat’s Brain has unearthed a remarkable insight into life in Britain before Stonehenge.
It’s arguably Europe’s premier Bronze Age art site -– but it has spent the last 50 years hidden underground.
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Senior Lecturer (Archaeology), University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Field Archaeology, University of York
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Newcastle University
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Reader in Heritage Studies, Newcastle University
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Professor of Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, UCL
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Investigadora Distinguida en Prehistoria, Universidad de Valladolid
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Paléogénéticienne, Université de Bordeaux
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Mathematician and Ancient DNA Researcher, University of Adelaide
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PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of Brighton
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Professor of Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Bournemouth University
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Professor of General Linguistics, University of Zurich
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Professor of Theoretical Archaeology, UCL
