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archaeology

monkey in a tree

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Ancient humans thrived in rainforests by hunting monkeys and squirrels

Rainforest species are usually too difficult for people to catch – but for 45,000 years, humans in Sri Lanka survived by hunting squirrels and monkeys

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Stone Age Europe may have been home to no more than 1500 people

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Stone Age Europe may have been home to no more than 1500 people

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Neanderthals artwork

Humans

Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

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Denisova cave

Humans

Siberian cave reveals secrets of its mysterious Denisovan inhabitants

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This stunning map shows why everyone is fighting over the Arctic

Environment

This stunning map shows why everyone is fighting over the Arctic

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Gibraltar

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Africans may have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar 4000 years ago

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Long lost cities in the Amazon were once home to millions of people

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Long lost cities in the Amazon were once home to millions of people

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glacier

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Ice from the Alps reveals Europeans ditched gold for silver in AD 660

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digital recording of skeletons

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Biggest archaeological dig in Europe will uncover UK's buried history

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DNA from 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals how an ancient woman lived

Environment

DNA from 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals how an ancient woman lived

Lola lived 6000 years ago and made glue by chewing birch bark pitch. By analysing DNA left on the pitch we know about her diet, appearance, and ancestry

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Humans

Toys are us: How childhood objects may have shaped human history

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Life

3000-year-old woman's mummy found in tomb from the time of Tutankhamun

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Life

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Life

Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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