Prehistoric Asia

Traces of a settlement dating back about 6,000 years have been found during excavations at Değirmenler Mound in the eastern province of Erzurum.

Starting on July 1, the two-month excavation in the area has uncovered settlement layers, human and animal bones, and ceramics, which are being analyzed.

Deep within our cells, an ancient gene from Denisovans whispers the untold story of our evolution

A Turkish academic has revealed that the Andronovo culture forms the roots of the Turks after walking nearly 7,500 kilometers in Russia, Turkic states, China, and Mongolia in a month within the scope of her comprehensive field research and study.

What makes humans unique? Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors.

The Kahin Tepe excavations in the northern province of Kastamonu's Araç district have unearthed findings such as a grinding stone and ornaments belonging to the Aceramic Neolithic period.

A team of archaeologists have unearthed outdoor altar area in eastern Turkey from the Urartu period. Click through for the story in photos...

Archaeological excavations in the Harput Castle in the eastern province of Elazığ have unearthed an Urartian seal. 

Scientists say they've found the remains of a prehistoric female whose mother was a Neanderthal and whose father belonged to another extinct group of human relatives known as Denisovans.

AFP - Denny was an inter-species love child.

Her mother was a Neanderthal, but her father was Denisovan, a distinct species of primitive human that also roamed the Eurasian continent 50,000 years ago, scientists reported Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The home of the late German professor Klaus Schmidt, who shed light on the history of humanity with his findings at Göbeklitepe, known as the "zero point of history," has been burgled. 

Many objects were reportedly stolen from the house in the Kadıoğlu neighborhood of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's Eyyübiye district.