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Ancient DNA may rewrite the story of Iceland’s earliest settlers
Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, and didn't chop down the island's forests
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Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?
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Boy’s body was mummified and turned green by a copper coffin
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How a surge in ancient plagues 5000 years ago shaped humanity
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Who were the first humans to reach the British Isles?
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We鈥檙e finally reading the secrets of Herculaneum鈥檚 lost library
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‘Pregnancy test’ for skeletons could help reveal ancient mothers
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Ancient artists created giant camel engravings in the Arabian desert
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30,000-year-old toolkit shows what ancient hunter carried in a pouch
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The oldest human mummies were slowly smoked 14,000 years ago
For at least 10,000 years, humans across South-East Asia were being carefully preserved after death by being smoke-dried 鈥� a tradition that continues to this day in some cultures
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Britain’s economy thrived after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire
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Treasures from sunken Egyptian city of Canopus emerge from the sea
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An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution
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DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in early medieval England
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