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archaeology

stone tool from several angls

Humans

Tool-use became widespread 10,000 years earlier than we thought

The discovery of an ancient collection of tools suggests that our ancient ancestors began using stone tools on a regular basis about 2.6 million years ago

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Roman soldier and fire

Environment

Ancient Roman air pollution caused climate change in Europe

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Ancient cooking pots found in Northamptonshire

Humans

Peasants in medieval England ate a diet of meat stew and cheese

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Fossil teeth could change our understanding of human evolution

Humans

Did we split from Neanderthals 400,000 years earlier than we thought?

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Skeletons: the frame of life

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Skeletons: the frame of life

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Traces of five drugs found on 1000-year-old South American ritual kit

Humans

Traces of five drugs found on 1000-year-old South American ritual kit

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La Chacra forest island in the Bolivian Llanos de Moxos

Humans

Foragers may have settled in the Amazon 10,000 years ago

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sheep

Humans

Ancient urine reveals early prehistory of domestic sheep and goats

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Callao cave

Humans

New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines

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Avebury stones

Humans

The world's largest stone circle started out as a humble ancient home

Radar has uncovered evidence that the huge Avebury monument, near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK, once housed a simple dwelling right at its centre

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Humans

Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

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Humans

Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

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Humans

Why I believe humans were in Australia much earlier than we thought

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Life

Sea otter archaeology could tell us about their 2-million-year history

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