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archaeology

cargo from a wreck

A shipwreck has been found from the time of Alexander the Great

Of three wrecked ships found near Cyprus, one dates from around 330 BC and hints at a vast trading network that spanned the Mediterranean

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Dali skull

Humans

Ancient skull from China may rewrite the origins of our species

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Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid

Physics

Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid

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Enigma machine

Technology

Cracking it: Enigma’s Alan Turing and Linear B’s Michael Ventris

Culture

ruined city

Life

The real roots of early city states may rip up the textbooks

Culture

Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

Humans

Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

Features

Picture showing one of the footprints discovered on a Greek island

Humans

Controversial footprints suggest we evolved in Europe not Africa

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A skull fragment showing taruma

Humans

Medieval London was the most violent place in England

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Egg of the Paragonismus westermani fluke

Health

Mummy autopsy reveals earliest known case of liver parasite

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Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

Earth

Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

A study of dodo bones has revealed how the legendary birds matured, bred and moulted, and explains discrepancies in sailors’ descriptions of them

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Life

Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

Features

Life

The porker paradox: A very human dilemma

Culture

Humans

Ancient warriors killed and ate their dogs as rite of passage

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Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

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