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Hunting with poison arrows may have begun 60,000 years ago in Africa

A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying plant-based poisons on their weapons, a practice that has continued into modern times in some traditional cultures

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Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Homo heidelbergensis tribe killing an elephant

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Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago

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Ella Al-Shamahi presents a Neanderthal skull

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The ancient human species we once co-existed with

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A person wearing a generic great white shark inflatable costume goes paddleboarding in the harbor. A funny playful twist on shark and human interaction.

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Why do we feel the need to humanise everything, from dogs to cars?

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Page 264 233. In the centre front, two pairs of seated humans drink from the same gourd and two other pairs are engraved behind. At the back right are petroglyphs of two pairs of mirrored ostriches and two armed men with triangular-shaped torsos. Bronze and Iron Age, Abragz bin Samra, Great Nafud Desert, northern Saudi Arabia. Photo 2020.

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Ancient rock art revealed in all its glory in stunning photographs

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The most amazing archaeology photos and discoveries of 2025

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Oldest evidence of fire-lighting comes from early humans in Britain

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Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?

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Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?

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2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool making, this year has given us a clearer picture of how and why humans evolved to be so different from other primates

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Hunter-gatherer groups are much less egalitarian than they seem

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The four best science documentaries of 2025

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Ancient human artefacts found near caves in Arabian desert

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Ancient humans took two routes to Australia 60,000 years ago

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