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cave paintings

Humans

Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing

A painstaking investigation of Europe’s cave art has revealed 32 shapes and lines that crop up again and again and could be the world’s oldest code

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Aussie

Humans

First Australians ate megafauna and used nets for hunting

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Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea

Technology

Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea

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A bridge in a marshy landscape extends into the distance where reeds and grasses can be seen

Humans

Our ancestors chose reeds over grain when quitting nomadic life

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Utopia image

Humans

The real utopia: This ancient civilisation thrived without war

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Utopia elements

Humans

Utopia is unobtainable, but worth pursuing for all our sakes

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Neolithic tools

Technology

Britain's first lumberjacks have long tales to tell

Culture

A model of Ötzi the iceman

Humans

Iceman Ötzi rocks the bear-fur hat and goat-leather coat look

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Mexican jackrabbit

Life

Bunnies helped a great civilisation in ancient Mexico thrive

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Two views of two shell beads from Jerimalai, one 9000 years old, the other 37,000 years old

Humans

Oldest jewellery in East Asia is crafted 37,000-year-old shell

Ancient artefacts in an East Timor cave reveal that early human settlers here were more advanced than thought, fishing the deep sea and making ornaments

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Earth

First evidence of legendary flood reveals China's origin story

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Humans

Aerial pictures reveal England's ancient archaeological sites

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Earth

Fossils, islands and forests added to UNESCO World Heritage List

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Life

How to become a citizen archaeologist tracking Stone-Age Britons

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