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Traces of cannabis found in pre-modern human bones for the first time

A 17th-century hospital crypt in Milan, Italy, has yielded the first archaeological evidence of cannabis's psychoactive components in human bones

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Did Homo naledi bury its dead? Debate rages over human relative

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Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

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How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long?

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The Makapansgat pebble is seen on display as part of the exhibition

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The archaeological finds that show art is far older than our species

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Earliest known war in Europe was a Stone Age conflict 5000 years ago

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Humans caught more diseases after we domesticated animals

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People around Europe have eaten seaweed for thousands of years

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The Greek word for purple, extracted from a Herculaneum scroll

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Student uses AI to decipher word in ancient scroll from Herculaneum

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Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago

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Neanderthals hunted cave lions with spears and made use of their pelts

Fossilised remains of extinct big cats called cave lions display evidence of butchery, showing that Neanderthals had the skills to take on top predators

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The Amazon may contain thousands of undiscovered ancient structures

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Humans lived on Spanish plateau during Earth's last cold snap

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'Dark earth' made by Amazon farmers stores carbon for centuries

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Earliest evidence of buildings made from wood is 476,000 years old

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