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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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HHXJTH Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

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The archaeologists recreating the secrets of prehistoric technology

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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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Ancient arrowheads

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

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Paranthropus, early human relative

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Early hominin Paranthropus may have used sophisticated stone tools

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Central Henge, Thornborough Henges. ?Historic England Archive

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

Two sections of the Thornborough Henges near Ripon, UK, have been donated to the public body Historic England in an effort to preserve the millennia-old monuments

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Milk may have fuelled a growth spurt in ancient Europeans

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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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