"Agriculture and settlement patterns were likely shaped by necessity, not just innovation." The paper also highlights how Neolithic settlements in the southern Levant clustered over thick reworked ...

independent agriculture. Its position at the foot of the Bolan Pass in the Kachi Plain made it a key waypoint in narratives about how Neolithic farming spread from the Fertile Crescent into South ...

Such traditional explanations for the Neolithic Revolution fall short, according to Hodder, precisely because they focus too much on the beginnings of agriculture at the expense of the rise of ...

Blessed with fertile soil and a mild climate, Orkney was a land of plenty for Neolithic homesteaders. Agricultural wealth helped give them the freedom to pursue grand architectural dreams.

LiDAR uncovers hidden Neolithic fortification, revealing sophisticated ancient human defense from 5,000 years ago.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the ...

Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), the Mesolithic (12,000 to 10,000 years ago), and the ...

“Agriculture and settlement patterns were likely shaped by necessity, not just innovation.” The paper also highlights how Neolithic settlements in the southern Levant clustered over thick ...