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Milk may have fuelled a growth spurt in ancient Europeans

An analysis of ancient human skeletons finds that an increase in size and weight in some regions coincided with the rise of lactose tolerance

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Cave painting of cattle

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Mysterious symbols in cave paintings may be earliest form of writing

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When did hominins start cooking? It might be earlier than we thought

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We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts

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We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts

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Visualizing inferred human ancestral lineages over time and space. Each line represents an ancestor-descendant relationship in our inferred genealogy of modern and ancient genomes. The width of a line corresponds to how many times the relationship is observed, and lines are colored on the basis of the estimated age of the ancestor.

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A family tree of humanity released in 2022 shows how we're all related

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M26NDA Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (south-eastern France): OCaverne du Pont-d'ArcO, replica of the Chauvet Cave, registered as a Unesco World Heritage Site. It gathers

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Homo Sapiens Rediscovered review: Hunting human origin stories

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The science of self-knowledge is important, even if it is a bit fuzzy

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A recreation of a Neanderthal man

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Antibiotics encoded in Neanderthal DNA could help us fight infections

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Modern humans that had not long left Africa may have evolved an X chromosome that carried

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Modern humans evolved a 'selfish' X chromosome after Africa exodus

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Ancient human woman wrapping fish in leaves next to a fire

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Early humans may have cooked fish in ovens 780,000 years ago

The remains of fish teeth at an archaeological site in Israel appear to have been cooked with controlled heat rather than directly exposed to fire

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Despite reaching 8 billion people, we must plan for population decline

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Don’t Miss: Great Egyptology from Tutankhamun to Cleopatra’s daughter

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Hieroglyphs: Unlocking ancient Egypt review: Two hundred years on

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Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World is an engaging update

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