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22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transport vehicles

Tracks and footprints found in New Mexico are by far the earliest evidence of people using primitive vehicles to transport things

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Chris Stringer with replica skulls of human ancestors

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Chris Stringer is tracing human ancestors back a million years

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Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago

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Fossil proteins may soon reveal how we're related to Australopithecus

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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Traders work the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange November 9, 2005 in New York City. Following a report that inventories of crude and gasoline grew in the last week, oil prices dropped Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Life

How humans evolved to think about risk may cost Earth dearly

Culture

The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

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The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

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Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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An African wild cat (Felis silvestris lybica) in the Kalahari desert, South Africa

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People ate lots of foxes and wildcats 10,000 years ago

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How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans

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Why looking after your skin is so crucial to your long-term health

Health

Why looking after your skin is so crucial to your long-term health

Emerging evidence suggests a surprisingly strong connection between keeping your largest organ healthy and staving off age-related conditions like diabetes, heart disease and dementia

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Health

Should you really wear sunscreen all year round, even in winter?

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Health

What should we eat to give us better, healthier skin

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How to nurture your microbiome to look after your skin

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What the evidence says about the consequences of cosmetic tweakments

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