Communities in the north-west Maghreb were able to coordinate large construction projects thousands of years ago.
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People reached the Mediterranean island at least 8,500 years ago.
Stonehenge has captured popular imagination for generations.
New research shows northwest African communities actively shaped connections and exchange between many cultures.
The migration into Britain had its origins in the prehistoric wetlands of Belgium and the Netherlands.
New analysis challenges the idea that only elites were buried in passage tombs.
Anthropologist Alex Bentley tells The Conversation Weekly about his research how modelling the spread of COVID sparked new research on the spread of disease in early civilisations.
This is the longest known journey for any stone used in a Neolithic monument.
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.
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Senior Lecturer (Archaeology), University of Glasgow
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW
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Investigadora Distinguida en Prehistoria, Universidad de Valladolid
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of Brighton
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Professor of Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, UCL
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Paléogénéticienne, Université de Bordeaux
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Senior Lecturer in Field Archaeology, University of York
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Professor of Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Bournemouth University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Professor of Neolithic Archaeology, Cardiff University
