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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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China Confirms the Oldest Prehistoric Site Around Lake Taihu: Baojia Dates Back 7,500–8,100 Years
When archaeologists gathered in November to review the latest field season in eastern China, one announcement immediately reshaped the early cultural history of the Yangtze River basin. New radiocarbon results from the Baojia site in Liyang City, Jiangsu Province have confirmed that the settlement predates all previously known human occupations around Lake Taihu, pushing the…
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Two Prehistoric Settlements Unearthed in Sweden Reveal 5,000 Years of Human Life
Archaeologists in Bohuslän, western Sweden, have uncovered two prehistoric settlements lying side by side on a grassy field — one dating back to the Stone Age, the other to the transition between the Bronze and Iron Ages. The discovery, announced in October 2025, traces more than 5,000 years of continuous human activity in the same…