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archaeology

Dali skull

Humans

Ancient skull from China may rewrite the origins of our species

The 260,000-year-old Dali skull was found in China, but it looks a lot like the earliest known members of our species – which were found in Africa

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Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid

Physics

Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid

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Enigma machine

Technology

Cracking it: Enigma’s Alan Turing and Linear B’s Michael Ventris

Culture

ruined city

Life

The real roots of early city states may rip up the textbooks

Culture

Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

Humans

Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

Features

Picture showing one of the footprints discovered on a Greek island

Humans

Controversial footprints suggest we evolved in Europe not Africa

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A skull fragment showing taruma

Humans

Medieval London was the most violent place in England

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Egg of the Paragonismus westermani fluke

Health

Mummy autopsy reveals earliest known case of liver parasite

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Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

Earth

Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

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Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

Life

Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

The past 15 years have called into question every assumption about who we are and where we came from. Turns out our evolution is more baffling than we thought

Features

Life

The porker paradox: A very human dilemma

Culture

Humans

Ancient warriors killed and ate their dogs as rite of passage

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Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

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Humans

Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

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