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Stonehenge science: How archaeology reveals the stone circle's secrets

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Stonehenge science: How archaeology reveals the stone circle's secrets

Archaeologists explain how science has unearthed the mysteries of Stonehenge, its ancient astronomy and how much more we are yet to discover

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Traces of cannabis found in pre-modern human bones for the first time

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Did Homo naledi bury its dead? Debate rages over human relative

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Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

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The archaeological finds that show art is far older than our species

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Earliest known war in Europe was a Stone Age conflict 5000 years ago

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Neanderthals hunted cave lions with spears and made use of their pelts

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The Amazon may contain thousands of undiscovered ancient structures

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Humans lived on Spanish plateau during Earth's last cold snap

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