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Humans were living in tropical forests surprisingly early

By far the oldest evidence of humans living in dense forests comes from a site in Ivory Coast, where stone tools and plant remains reveal a human presence stretching back 150,000 years

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

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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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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

Mind

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

The surprise discovery that ancient human DNA can survive in sediments and soil is revolutionising the study of Paleolithic minds, behaviours and lifestyles

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Health

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

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Health

What should we eat to give us better, healthier skin

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Health

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

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Health

How to nurture your microbiome to look after your skin

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