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DNA from 25,000-year-old tooth pendant reveals woman who wore it

A new technique for extracting DNA from ancient artefacts without destroying them could give us unprecedented insights about the people who made or wore them

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Ljubljana Marshes Wheel with axle (oldest wooden wheel yet discovered)

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Can we ever know who invented the wheel?

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Quaternary Science Reviews reporting that people at the Border Cave site may have roasted and eaten snails 170,000 years ago.

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Ancient humans may have cooked and eaten snails 170,000 years ago

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It's now or never – we need to achieve a sustainable human population

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It's now or never – we need to achieve a sustainable human population

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HHXJTH Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

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The archaeologists recreating the secrets of prehistoric technology

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Life

Stone flakes made by monkeys cast doubt on ancient human 'tools'

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Plaster bust of philosopher Anaximander and group of other busts. Portraits of ancient historical persons. Mass-product souvenir in Turkey. Copy space, selected focus; Shutterstock ID 2261783295; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Anaximander review: Did Anaximander create science, asks Carlo Rovelli

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Earliest signs of horse riding found in 5000-year-old human remains

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HH6DW5 Pyramid of the Magician in Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico

Environment

The Earth Transformed review: The untold history of humans and climate

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Ancient arrowheads

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Some of the earliest modern humans in Europe used bows and arrows

A site in France briefly occupied by modern humans is littered with stone points that were probably used as arrowheads, showing that bows and arrows were used in Europe much earlier than we thought

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Was the shift to farming really the worst mistake in human history?

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Space

The Longest Goodbye review: A poignant documentary on space psychology

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Early hominin Paranthropus may have used sophisticated stone tools

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Neolithic complex dubbed ‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to UK public

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