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3D models of the femur and ulnae of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

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Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

An analysis of thigh and forearm bones from Sahelanthropus tchadensis suggests the early hominin was mainly bipedal, but the claim is controversial

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group of people standing very close - one person looking up

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Am I Normal? review: Deep-dive sets us straight on our need for norms

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Digital restoration of fossil child and adult crania

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Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years

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DEWD0X Archaeological Site of Atapuerca. Archaeological Site: Gran Dolina. World Heritage Site. Burgos. Castilla-Leon. Spain.

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Life As Told By a Sapiens to a Neanderthal review: Joyful curiosity

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Beware the rise of corporate rituals designed to manipulate employees

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Beware the rise of corporate rituals designed to manipulate employees

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Donny Dust about to test an atlatl

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Prehistoric dart-throwing atlatl weapon even more deadly than thought

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Bisonte Magdaleniense pol?cromo

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When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?

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side view of ancient skull

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Ancient DNA adds to evidence for Native Americans' east Asian ancestry

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Ancient footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park.

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Ice Age Footprints review: Ancient humans’ arrival in North America

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Female runner

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People instinctively run at their most energy-efficient speed

Findings from people running in the lab and in the real world show that men and women tend to run at a speed that minimises energetic costs, though men run faster

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Ancient footprints are a welcome new window on ancient people's lives

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Ancient footprints show children splashed in puddles 11,500 years ago

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How fossil footprints are revealing the joy and fear of Stone Age life

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Fate of buried Java Man revealed in unseen notes from Homo erectus dig

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