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A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words

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Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years

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Reconstruction of a family of Neanderthals

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Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

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Are Neanderthals descendants of modern humans?

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We might be wrong about humanity鈥檚 near extinction

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Why early humans radically changed their toolkits 200,000 years ago

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We did not evolve alone: The story of our origins

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Oldest known dog extends the genetic history of our canine companions

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Genetic clues tell the story of Neanderthals’ decline

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Our extinct Australopithecus relatives may have had difficult births

Simulations of Australopithecus hominins鈥� anatomy suggest that when they gave birth, they may have exerted tremendous pressure on their pelvic floors, putting them at risk of tearing

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The skull transforming our family tree and the hunt for Ancestor X

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How our ancestors used mushrooms to change the course of human history

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We鈥檝e only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed

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When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers

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