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artist's reconstruction of wild dog

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Ancient humans in Europe may have stolen food from wild hunting dogs

The earliest humans known to have lived outside Africa shared their environment with hunting dogs – and may even have stolen food from them

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reconstruction of Roman road

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Ancient Roman road discovered at the bottom of the Venice lagoon

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Last meal of a man mummified in a bog reconstructed after 2400 years

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Hittite temple

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3200-year-old shrine in Turkey may be an ancient view of the cosmos

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Ancient jawbone reveals a 2500-kilometre journey from Sudan to Rome

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Stepped platforms in Mesopotamia were the oldest known war memorial

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Stepped platforms in Mesopotamia were the oldest known war memorial

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Earliest known war was a repeated conflict in Sudan 13,400 years ago

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Alice Roberts: Archaeogenetics will help us solve mysteries of past

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Alice Roberts: Archaeogenetics will help us solve mysteries of past

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Non-kosher fish eaten in Jerusalem during early days of Judaism

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Isotope study hints ancient Greeks used foreign fighters in key battle

Some 2500 years ago the Greeks fought many battles – and isotopic analysis of skeletons from one conflict suggests victory may have been made possible with the help of non-Greek mercenaries

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Rubber slabs washed up in Brazil traced to second world war shipwreck

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Cerne Abbas Giant may have been carved into hill over 1000 years ago

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78,000 year old human burial is oldest in Africa

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Remains of a 3-year-old child are the oldest known burial in Africa

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