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Animal etchings into rocks along the Orinoco River in South America

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Ancient snake drawings are among the largest known rock art worldwide

Rock art along the Orinoco river in South America is made up of some of the largest etchings we know of and could date back 2000 years

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Modern soldiers test ancient Greek armour to show it worked for war

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Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests

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Why did hominins like us evolve at all?

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Who were the enigmatic Sea Peoples blamed for the Bronze Age collapse?

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Who were the enigmatic Sea Peoples blamed for the Bronze Age collapse?

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Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked

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Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked

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Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago

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Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert

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Untangling the enigmatic origins of the human family’s newest species

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Stone Age blades could have been used for butchery, not just hunting

A modern butchery experiment using replicas of Stone Age tools raises new questions about how often prehistoric peoples hunted large animals such as bison or mammoths

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Ancient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprints

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Ancient canoes hint at bustling trade in Mediterranean 7000 years ago

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Amazingly preserved Bronze Age village reveals life in ancient England

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First Nations astronomers predicted eclipses without using writing

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