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A close-up view of a burial trench between rows of individual graves, excavated between the concrete foundations of the Royal Mint, from the excavation of the Black Death cemetery, East Smithfield, London, view looking west. (Photo by MOLA/Getty Images)

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Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages

The archaeologist's latest book on what bones teach us about Britain's history not only provides the grisly facts, but helps us feel them

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Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts

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When does a bone become a fossil?

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Hominins may have left Africa 700,000 years earlier than we thought

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Mammoth tusk tool may have been used to make ropes 37,000 years ago

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Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,000 years ago

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Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,000 years ago

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Humans first reached China thousands of years earlier than we thought

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Are we all related to Henry VIII's Master of the Mint?

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The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution

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Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

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How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long?

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that lived on in a world dominated by big-brained early humans. Recent archaeological discoveries, like stone tools, are revealing how they lived

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Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

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How archaeologists can decide if prehistoric artefacts count as art

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The archaeological finds that show art is far older than our species

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How Migration Really Works review: Prepare to have your mind changed

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