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Person milking a cow

Humans

Milk may have fuelled a growth spurt in ancient Europeans

An analysis of ancient human skeletons finds that an increase in size and weight in some regions coincided with the rise of lactose tolerance

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Cave painting of cattle

Humans

Mysterious symbols in cave paintings may be earliest form of writing

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Neanderthal or Homo Sapiens Family Cooking Animal Meat over Bonfire and then Eating it. Tribe of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers Wearing Animal Skins Eating in a Dark Scary Cave at Night; Shutterstock ID 1595983549; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Humans

When did hominins start cooking? It might be earlier than we thought

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We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts

Humans

We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts

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Visualizing inferred human ancestral lineages over time and space. Each line represents an ancestor-descendant relationship in our inferred genealogy of modern and ancient genomes. The width of a line corresponds to how many times the relationship is observed, and lines are colored on the basis of the estimated age of the ancestor.

Humans

A family tree of humanity released in 2022 shows how we're all related

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M26NDA Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (south-eastern France): OCaverne du Pont-d'ArcO, replica of the Chauvet Cave, registered as a Unesco World Heritage Site. It gathers

Humans

Homo Sapiens Rediscovered review: Hunting human origin stories

Culture

A recreation of a Neanderthal man

Health

Antibiotics encoded in Neanderthal DNA could help us fight infections

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Ancient human woman wrapping fish in leaves next to a fire

Humans

Early humans may have cooked fish in ovens 780,000 years ago

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Luxor, Egypt, July 12, 2022: Tomb of Tutankhamun, Luxor, Egypt

Humans

Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World is an engaging update

Culture

Immersive Tutankhamun exhibition reveals the grandeur of his treasures

Humans

Immersive Tutankhamun exhibition reveals the grandeur of his treasures

Beyond King Tut, curated by the National Geographic Society, surrounds visitors with large-scale projections and animations of some of the thousands of artefacts unearthed from the boy king's tomb

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Humans

Egyptology continues to astound 100 years after Tutankhamun was found

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Humans

Tutankhamun’s Secrets review: Lively TV documentary spills more beans

Culture

Humans

Hieroglyphs: Unlocking ancient Egypt review: Two hundred years on

Culture

Humans

Don’t Miss: Great Egyptology from Tutankhamun to Cleopatra’s daughter

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