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

A boomerang discovered in a Polish cave was originally dated as 18,000 years old, but it may have been contaminated by preservation materials. A new estimate suggests the mammoth-ivory artefact is 40,000 years old

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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

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Tutankhamon's solid gold death mask

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

Features

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Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as technology advanced

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Tutankhamun London: The Immersive Experience Pres Images

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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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Humans were crafting tools from whale bones 20,000 years ago

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What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially changing how we think of the earliest hominins

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51¶¯Âþ recommends Curious Cures: Medicine in the medieval world

Culture

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Ancient camp shows how humans adapted to extreme cold in Europe

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An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

Culture

Earth

Ancient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,000 years ago

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