A new study, published in PNAS, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalith tombs on Ireland and in Sweden
Sorghum, a cereal used to feed livestock and make alcohol has been damaged over the last 6000 years by humans, with a damage to genes and reduced varieties
New findings reveal that hunter-gatherers took to farming already 5,000 years ago in eastern Sweden, and on the Aland Islands, located on the southwest coast of Finland
The origin of Crocus sativus (saffron) has long been the subject of speculation and research, as this knowledge would enable to introduce genetic diversity
The reason that humans shifted away from hunting and gathering, and to farming — a much more labor-intensive process — has always been a riddle
University of Cincinnati archaeologists say these farms likely produced cotton and other goods to support Yucatan trade routes
The first farmers from Anatolia, who brought farming to Europe and represent the single largest ancestral component in modern-day Europeans, are directly descended from local hunter-gatherers who adopted a farming way of life
