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70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world

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'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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Ancient DNA reveals make-up of Roman Empire’s favourite sauce

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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

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Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought

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Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes

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We finally know what the face of a Denisovan looked like

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Ancient humans’ extraordinary journey to South America

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Tutankhamon's solid gold death mask

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Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?

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Ancient humans evolved to be better teachers as technology advanced

As our ancestors developed more advanced tools and cultural practices, they also developed new ways of explaining concepts to others – culminating in the emergence of complex language

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��鶹��Ƶ recommends Tutankhamun: The immersive exhibition

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We’re about to unlock the secrets of ancient human brains

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Humans were crafting tools from whale bones 20,000 years ago

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What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans

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