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Llamas may have been buried alive in ritual sacrifice by the Incas

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Llamas may have been buried alive in ritual sacrifice by the Incas

The remains of llamas killed in mass sacrifices by the Incas have been found, and there is no sign of injury – suggesting the animals were buried alive

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early humans

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Climate change may have driven early human species to extinction

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City dwellers are just as helpful as people in towns and villages

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City dwellers are just as helpful as people in towns and villages

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Millions of missing female births predicted in India in next decade

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Millions of missing female births predicted in India in next decade

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border cave

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Earliest known beds are 227,000-year-old piles of grass and ash

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What is peer review?

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What is peer review?

Hungry foxes have been raiding our bins for thousands of years

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Hungry foxes have been raiding our bins for thousands of years

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Anthropological models

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Human evolution

Sperm and egg

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Human eggs release chemicals that attract some sperm more than others

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Denali mountain range

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Only a fifth of ice-free land on Earth has very little human influence

Only 21 per cent of Earth’s ice-free land has very little human influence, a new map of the planet's unoccupied or sparsely populated areas shows

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Last Word

This week’s new questions

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Last Word

This week’s new questions

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Where’s the best place to be buried to preserve your body as a fossil?

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Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

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