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Ancient beads imply culture older than we thought

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Ancient beads imply culture older than we thought

Ancient beads from Israel and Algeria suggest that modern human social behaviour - and perhaps language - may be much older than we thought

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Life

Homo floresiensis: The little troublemaker

Features

Interview: Cave diving for Europe's past

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Interview: Cave diving for Europe's past

Opinion

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Life

New research suggests 'hobbit' was not a new species

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Life

Editorial: Messy divorce for chimp and human ancestors

Opinion

Did humans and chimps once interbreed?

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Did humans and chimps once interbreed?

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Muggings were rife in New Stone Age

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Oldest snake fossil shows a bit of leg

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Oldest snake fossil shows a bit of leg

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The very first Americans

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The very first Americans

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Ancestors behaving badly

Genetics and archaeology offer important clues to the behaviour of early humans, but beware of accounts that go beyond the evidence, says Steven Mithen

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The oldest footprints in Australia

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Editorial: Are we still evolving?

Opinion

Life

Are we still evolving?

Features

Life

Many human genes evolved recently

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