Humans
Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human
A new analysis of a rare hominin specimen has revealed what may be the earliest known dental abscess 鈥� a painful mass of pus growing inside the jaw 鈥� in the Homo genus
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Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA
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Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind
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Humans
Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought
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Earth
Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe
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Earth
How Earth’s changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution
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Humans
Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home
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Environment
Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole
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Humans
2019 Preview: Teeth will reveal our species鈥� deep evolutionary past
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Life
The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018
From advances in mind reading and medical procedures to AI law enforcement and CRISPR controversy, 2018 was a year of highs and lows. Here are our highlights
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Our primate ancestors may have originated in Europe or North America
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Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human
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Health
Helen O’Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution
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Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers
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