A major new study is changing how we understand one of the biggest turning points in human history: the shift from hunting and gathering to farming. For years, experts believed that this transition ...

As they settled, they didn’t just replace hunter-gatherers — they interacted with them, shared knowledge and, in some cases, blended cultures. “The spread of farming, whether by land or sea, ...

Evidence shows that hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100 kilometers (km) of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago, a thousand years before the arrival of the ...

Using a mathematical model, researchers have shed new light on the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming societies. Rather than focusing exclusively on external factors, they looked at internal ...

Because of this, most archeologists long believed Mediterranean islands like Malta were some of the last wildernesses to ...

As ancient communities shifted from foraging to farming, the forces driving this dramatic change weren’t always what many once believed. For decades, archaeologists and historians pointed to climate ...

To explore the prehistoric shift to farming, the research team turned ... while others interacted with remaining hunter-gatherers, sharing culture and mixing genetically. This aligns with the ...