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2K6ERBY Flock of sheeps moving down the valley, French Alps, border with Switzerland

Environment

Ranching and farming have eroded almost all the soil in the Alps

Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, jeopardising the ecosystem and putting the mountains at risk of further erosion

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Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

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70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

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'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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Ancient DNA reveals make-up of Roman Empire’s favourite sauce

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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

Features

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Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought

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Life

Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes

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We finally know what the face of a Denisovan looked like

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Ancient humans’ extraordinary journey to South America

Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more about how they settled and then split into four distinct groups on the continent

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Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?

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Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as technology advanced

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51¶¯Âþ recommends Tutankhamun: The immersive exhibition

Culture

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We’re about to unlock the secrets of ancient human brains

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