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anthropology

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

Life

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

The Tibetan Plateau is a tough environment so we thought humans arrived only about 12,000 years ago, but it seems someone was there 40,000 to 30,000 years ago

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Anna Machin: Is technology changing how humans behave?

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Anna Machin: Is technology changing how humans behave?

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Humans

We thought the Incas couldn't write. These knots change everything

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Aborigines

Life

Edge of Memory: Distrusting oral tradition may make us more ignorant

Culture

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Humans

Asia’s mysterious role in the early origins of humanity

Features

London's Horniman Museum has squeezed a world into a room

Humans

London's Horniman Museum has squeezed a world into a room

Culture

Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

Humans

Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

Humans

Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

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The original social justice warrior who smashed stereotypes

Humans

The original social justice warrior who smashed stereotypes

Margaret Mead’s 1920s solo trip to live among people in Samoa was just the start of a boundary-breaking and myth-demolishing career

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Society

The origins of sexism: How men came to rule 12,000 years ago

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Humans

Why the patriarchy isn't good for men and how to fix it

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Humans

How protective parents exacerbate gender differences

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Humans

The hidden reasons why societies are violent towards women

Features

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