Humans
Hunter-gatherer groups are much less egalitarian than they seem
There is a widespread belief that altruism and equality drive social behaviour in traditional hunter-gatherer societies, but the truth is more surprising and complex
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Humans
Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?
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Humans
Ireland’s iconic megalithic tombs may have had an unexpected function
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Humans
Enigmatic people who took over Europe millennia ago came from Ukraine
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Humans
A gripping account of morality shows how we work out right from wrong
Culture
Humans
Ancient artefacts suggest Australian ritual endured for 12,000 years
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Humans
Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a new dynasty
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Humans
Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red
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Life
Early humans made jewellery from giant sloth bones
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Comment
Still Life With Bones review: Harrowing account of exposing genocide
TV dramas use tidy, cleaned-up bones to crack crimes in minutes, but an unvarnished account by forensic anthropologist Alexa Hagerty shows the slow horror of exhuming people killed by repressive regimes
Culture
Humans
Was the shift to farming really the worst mistake in human history?
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Humans
Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago
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Humans
New human species has been named Homo bodoensis – but it may not stick
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Humans
Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools
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