Mesolithic era
Archaeology
10,000-Year-Old Grave in Italy Has Earliest Infant Burial in Europe
The 10,000-year-old burial of a female infant, the earliest such burial known in Europe, shows that society even in Mesolithic times honored its youngest members and that females were treated the same as males in this regard.
Archaeologists at the...
Archaeology
Dawn: A 7,000-year-old Teenager Introduces Herself in Acropolis Museum
An 18-year-old girl who lived in Greece 7,000 years ago and was discovered by archaeologists in Theopetra cave, near the city of Trikala, has had her face reconstructed and is about to officially introduce herself to us.
Eight years after...