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Forests became less diverse when ancient people started herding pigs

Ancient DNA extracted from layers of sediment in a Czech forest shows how a drop in biodiversity coincided with a shift to pig herding about 4000 years ago

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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

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KEPXDK Australopithecus family

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When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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Altamura skeleton, displaying the same type of popcorn coralloid concretions. The two specimens are located in two separate parts of the cave. Not in scale. Photos by CB.

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Why the amazing Altamura Man fossil remains a mystery

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Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

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What made us human? The fossils redefining our evolutionary origins

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What made us human? The fossils redefining our evolutionary origins

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Egyptian pyramid may have been built using a water-powered elevator

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Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,000 years ago

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Skulls found under the Thielle River in Cornaux/Les Sauges in western Switzerland. Now stored at the Laténium Museum in Hauterive

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Iron Age skeletons found under bridge may have been hit by a tsunami

Twenty people may have died 2000 years ago when an Iron Age bridge suddenly collapsed following a tsunami or flood, but scientists also cannot rule out that they were sacrificed

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Skeletons reveal ancient Egyptian scribes had bad posture at work

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Did rock art spread from one place or was it invented many times?

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Ancient snake drawings are among the largest known rock art worldwide

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Modern soldiers test ancient Greek armour to show it worked for war

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