DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age population

Within a few centuries, the genetic landscape of the Rhine-Meuse region, including the wetlands, was completely reshaped. Our ...
Ars Technica

Egalitarian oddity found in the Neolithic

Did ancient people practice equality? While stereotypes may suggest otherwise, the remains of one Neolithic society reveal evidence that both men and women, as well as locals and foreigners, were all ...

Roles of women and men in Neolithic Europe were gendered but flexible, study suggests

Far from the common assumption of a strictly binary division of labor, the roles of women and men in Neolithic Europe were ...
New York Post

Neolithic culture was less sexist than previously thought — according to researchers’ shocking finds at burial sites

It’s the real first wave of feminism. Neolithic society was more egalitarian than previously thought according to a new comprehensive genetic study. Central Europeans from 5,500 BC — considered by ...
La Brújula Verde

The Origin of the Bell Beaker Culture That Transformed Europe Around 2500 BC Discovered

An international team of geneticists and archaeologists has published in the journal Nature the results of an ancient DNA study that rethinks the chronology and nature of the Neolithic transition in ...
Courthouse News Service

Neolithic humans hit hard by the plague, study suggests

A neolithic burial chamber in Carnac, France (Mark Cartwright/Creative Commons) (CN) — Early humans experienced a rapid population collapse across large parts of Europe five thousand years ago, the ...
Archaeology

DNA Study Offers Insight into the Builders of One of Neolithic China's Most Influential Cities

SHIMAO, CHINA—La Brújula Verde reports that an extensive genetic study of human remains found at the site of Shimao in Shaanxi Province is providing new insights into the population of one of ancient ...