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

Two newly discovered stone circles, built about 5,000 years ago in what is now the southwest of England, are the latest to show that Stonehenge was not the only Stone Age circle built in the region.

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy wilds of Dartmoor, offering a clearer picture of life 5,000 years ago.

According to English Heritage, the Altar Stone is a large slab of greenish Old Red Sandstone. Recent geological research had ...

“Most of the monuments you can see in this landscape date from the Neolithic—the New Stone Age. The earliest evidence of Neolithic activity in Britain is around 4100 B.C. The Neolithic is ...

In the green hills of southwest Britain, a quiet revolution took place over 5,000 years ago. Long before Stonehenge rose from the plains of Wiltshire, people were already shaping the land into sacred ...

New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.

Hyderabad: An archaeologist found rock bruisings from the prehistoric period on a hillock located on the outskirts of ...

Forest Clearance in the Stone Age During the Neolithic period the hunters of northern Europe gradually became farmers. Using their tools and methods, Danish investigators have re-enacted how they ...

the Neolithic period was ushered in with the development of agriculture and settled communities. Are you up to date on recent research on the Stone Age? Don't take your knowledge for granite ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for ... not for a ruling dynasty. In Ireland's Neolithic period, which lasted from about 3900 to 2500 B.C., people ...