Cranial traumas show dramatic increase as the first cities were being built: in the 12,000 years before antiquity, the share of violent death rose at first and then fell back
Researchers found unaltered agave plants cultivated by several early cultures including the Hohokam people, from southern Arizona north to the Grand Canyon
Ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, “can serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water needs”
Evidence of the formation and structural evolution of prehistoric agricultural economy at Changge Shigu during the Yangshao culture period
Family trees from the European Neolithic: scientists gain insights into the social behaviour of a Neolithic community
Earliest evidence of forest management discovered at the La Draga Neolithic site; the study was published in the International Journal of Wood Culture
Early City Planning in the Kingdom of Judah Sheds New Light on Urbanization Process and Borders in the time of David and Rehoboam
Was warfare responsible for the fall of small-scale societies in Prehistoric Europe? The study has been published in Scientific Reports
Genomics and archaeology rewrite the Neolithic Revolution in the Maghreb, according to a new study published in Nature
Early crop plants were more plastic and easily ‘tamed’: new perspectives on plant domestication are shown in a study published in PLoS ONE
