Tag Archive for 'Türkiye'

Fragments of clay vessels from Çemka Höyük, Türkiye. Image credit: N. Petrova / E. Kodaş.

Clay Fragments from Türkiye Point to Pottery Experiments 11,000 Years Ago

Nov 11, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists say 46 low-fired shards from Çemka Höyük, a Neolithic site in Türkiye, suggest people were testing clay’s possibilities long before...

The 8,600-year-old bread found at Çatalhöyük in Türkiye. Image credit: Necmettin Erbakan University.

8,600-Year-Old Bread Found in Türkiye

Apr 15, 2024 by Sergio Prostak

Archaeologists from Necmettin Erbakan University say they have discovered the world’s oldest known bread, dating back to 6600 BCE, at Çatalhöyük,...

Talpa hakkariensis, holotype. Image credit: Gündüz et al., doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad049.

Cryptic New Species of Mole Discovered in Turkiye

Dec 11, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of the mole genus Talpa has been identified in eastern Türkiye (Turkey) by a team of reseachers from Ondokuz Mayıs University, Indiana...

Monumental round-oval buildings with their characteristic T-shaped monolithic pillars at Göbekli Tepe, Turkey. Image credit: Nico Becker, Göbekli Tepe Archive, German Archaeological Institute.

11,000-Year-Old Painted Statue of Wild Boar Unearthed at Gobekli Tepe

Oct 9, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists in Türkiye (Turkey) have unearthed several ancient statues, including a life-size statue of a wild boar, at Göbekli Tepe, a Neolithic...

Graecopithecus freybergi lived 7.2 million years ago in the dust-laden savannah of the Athens Basin. This view from Graecopithecus freybergi’s place of discovery, Pyrgos Vassilissis, to the southeast over the plain of Athens and under a reddish cloud of Sahara dust; in the background: Mount Hymettos and Mount Lykabettos. Image credit: Velizar Simeonovski.

8.7-Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Ancestors of Humans and African Apes Evolved in Europe

Aug 24, 2023 by News Staff

The fossilized remains of the Miocene-period ape species Anadoluvius turkae have been unearthed at the paleotological site of Çorakyerler in central Anatolia,...