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ancient humans

Denali mountain range

Environment

Only a fifth of ice-free land on Earth has very little human influence

Only 21 per cent of Earth’s ice-free land has very little human influence, a new map of the planet's unoccupied or sparsely populated areas shows

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This week’s new questions

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This week’s new questions

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Where’s the best place to be buried to preserve your body as a fossil?

Last Word

Where’s the best place to be buried to preserve your body as a fossil?

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This week’s new questions

Last Word

This week’s new questions

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Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Humans

Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Culture

Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

Video

Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

Video

Ancient nomadic warrior women may have inspired the Mulan legend

Humans

Ancient nomadic warrior women may have inspired the Mulan legend

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The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

Humans

The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

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human fossil

Humans

We may now know what our common ancestor with Neanderthals looked like

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Seafood

Life

Neanderthals feasted on seafood and nuts according to fossil remains

The fossilised remains of the food found in one of the few remaining coastal Neanderthal sites in Europe show they ate plenty of seafood, fish and nuts

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Humans

Mysterious Iron Age site may have been a retreat for religious hermits

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Humans

Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

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Humans

Ancient humans in the Sahara ate fish before the lakes dried up

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Humans

Neanderthals may have climbed an active volcano soon after it erupted

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