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archaeology

Roman soldier and fire

Environment

Ancient Roman air pollution caused climate change in Europe

The Roman Empire produced so much air pollution from fires in homes and on farms that it had a detectable cooling effect on the regional climate

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Ancient cooking pots found in Northamptonshire

Humans

Peasants in medieval England ate a diet of meat stew and cheese

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Fossil teeth could change our understanding of human evolution

Humans

Did we split from Neanderthals 400,000 years earlier than we thought?

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Skeletons: the frame of life

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Skeletons: the frame of life

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Traces of five drugs found on 1000-year-old South American ritual kit

Humans

Traces of five drugs found on 1000-year-old South American ritual kit

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La Chacra forest island in the Bolivian Llanos de Moxos

Humans

Foragers may have settled in the Amazon 10,000 years ago

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sheep

Humans

Ancient urine reveals early prehistory of domestic sheep and goats

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Callao cave

Humans

New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines

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Avebury stones

Humans

The world's largest stone circle started out as a humble ancient home

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Stonehenge artwork

Humans

Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

Starting 5000 years ago, the Yamnaya embarked on a violent conquest of Europe. Now genetic analysis tells their tale for the first time

Features

Humans

Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

Leader

Humans

Why I believe humans were in Australia much earlier than we thought

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Life

Sea otter archaeology could tell us about their 2-million-year history

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Humans

Ancient humans thrived in rainforests by hunting monkeys and squirrels

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