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DNA Evidence from Çayönü Tepesi Is Redrawing the Origins of Neolithic Communities
In southeastern Anatolia, at the prehistoric settlement of Çayönü Tepesi, human bones that have rested underground for millennia are beginning to tell a new story. Ongoing genetic research is now revealing how early farming communities were shaped not in isolation, but through sustained contact across Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and the Caucasus. What the Bones Reveal About…
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9,500-Year-Old “Red-Floored Public Building” Unearthed at Çayönü Tepesi in Turkey
Archaeologists have uncovered a 9,500-year-old public building with a striking red-painted floor at Çayönü Tepesi, one of the world’s most significant Neolithic settlements, located in Ergani, Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey. The discovery offers a rare glimpse into the social life of early farming communities at the dawn of settled life. Excavations at Çayönü, first launched in…