The Time of the Megaliths
	On the European plains, mysterious giant stones are found, forming alleys, circles or giant tables called "dolmens". They are the first monuments built by the mankind. A granite forest of dolmens and menhirs covers the Menec Field, near Carnac (French Brittany). In total, there are abou ... [read more >>]
	31 March 2008, 16:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Neolithic: the New Stone Age
	The Neolithic (New Stone Age) was a period in the technological development of Homo sapiens that started at the end of the Ice Age, 10,000 years ago, and ended around the Mediterranean Sea and other areas about 5,500 years ago, when the Bronze Age started. It was the period when first human settlements appeared. People left caves for huts made of branches, stones, adobe or bricks, depending on the resources of the place. The gathered hu ... [read more >>]
	25 March 2008, 12:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Carnac: The Most Expensive Megalithic Fields
	On the southern part of the French Brittany, near the town of Carnac (Karnag) and the village of Locmariaquer, very close to the Gulf of Morbihan, the most expensive Neolithic (New Stone Age) menhirs in the world are to be found. "Menhir" comes from the Celtic words "maen" (stone) and "hir" (long). These constructions were built 6,000 to 4,500 years ago, a time when European life experienced dramatic chang ... [read more >>]
	10 March 2008, 09:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Enigma of Stonehenge
	Stonehenge represents one of the most beautiful prehistoric places worldwide, located on the plain of Salisbury, about 130 km (80 mi) off London. Why was it raised there? The assembly was not formed just of the megaliths we see today, but it also comprised a circular fortification and an odd ring made of filled holes. The vertical and horizontal stones of Stonehenge look like having been made by a carpenter. The oldest stage of the ... [read more >>]
	15 February 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

7,000 Years Ago European Women Dressed Sexy
	They may have lived during the "New Stone Age" (Neolithic), but according to European figurines which are 7,500 years old, women liked to look sexy even back then. Recent digging at the site of a settlement of Vinca culture, Europe's biggest known Neolithic civilization, on Plocnik (southern Serbia), uncovered a sophisticated prehistoric metropolis, with a developed taste for art and fashion and it appears now to be Euro ... [read more >>]
	13 November 2007, 06:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Did Stone Age People Invent the Pottery?
	Surely, the first pottery product was not the work of a sole person but the result of experience accumulated over generations, after countless trials, failures and discoveries. The pottery appeared during the Neolithic ("The last stone age"). Till then, the pots were made of stone and wood. Ceramic appeared 8,000 years ago in the Middle East, from Macedonia to Iran. It was a great achievement to turn friable clay into a resis ... [read more >>]
	22 March 2007, 11:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Archaeologists Dug Up a Stone Age Human Carnage
	In the 1960s, archaeologists found the remains of 14 people at Wayland's Smithy, near Uffington White Horse, Oxfordshire. The bones were dated employing the latest technique at between 3590 - 3560 BC, and many clues made experts imagine that the people may have been killed in a Neolithic (“The Last Stone”) Age massacre. The diggings were carried out by English Heritage with the help of Cardiff University and the Uni ... [read more >>]
	13 March 2007, 08:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia