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

Australopithecus came before us, but that doesn't tell us which specific individual species is our ancestor. The fossil record is spotty in places, but the latest finds could give us enough clues to pin down how we are linked

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Enigmatic people who took over Europe millennia ago came from Ukraine

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FRANCE. Fashion shoot for Citizen K International. From 'Fashion Magazine'. 1999.

Life

A lively history shows that the human neck is full of surprises

Culture

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

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Ritual Sticks - Uncle Russell Mullett on the balcony of Cloggs Cave

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Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do

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

Features

Engaging new podcast asks what the big things are that make us human

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Engaging new podcast asks what the big things are that make us human

Culture

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Ancient hominin Lucy was a lousy runner, simulations show

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Ancient genomes reveal when modern humans and Neanderthals interbred

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Lidar and crest lines, Tugunbulak Credit: SAIElab, J. Berner, M. Frachetti https://press.springernature.com/large-scale-medieval-urbanism-traced-by-uav-lidar-in-highland-ce/50086460

Technology

High-tech archaeology shows we aren't the first to endure hard times

The discovery of ancient cities in Asia and the Americas point to earlier bouts of social and climatic upheavals. The good news is that humanity survived, says Annalee Newitz

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Could hibernation technology allow humans to skip winters?

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Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years – and what’s to come

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Toddler bones show mammoths were the main food of the first Americans

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Mesopotamians felt happiness in their liver and anger in their thighs

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