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Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing

Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may have been used in Europe 40,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before the emergence of a full writing system

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Brutal Iron Age massacre may have targeted women and children

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The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human

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Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano

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The surprising origins of Britain’s Bronze Age immigrants revealed

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Is this carved rock an ancient Roman board game?

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Seafarers were visiting remote Arctic islands over 4000 years ago

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Photos of a newborn infant being carefully cradled by the medical professional helping to deliver it. The photos are taken from the perspective of the parent giving birth.

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Why is childbirth so hard for humans 鈥� and is it getting even harder?

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Health

Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

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Revealing the epic story of ancient humans: Best ideas of the century

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to a swathe of surprising archaeological discoveries

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Pompeii鈥檚 public baths were unhygienic until the Romans took over

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Hunting with poison arrows may have begun 60,000 years ago in Africa

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Roman soldiers defending Hadrian鈥檚 Wall had intestinal parasites

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Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population鈥檚 health

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