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Homo naledi infant skull discovery suggests they buried their dead

The partial skull of a Homo naledi child from around 250,000 years ago has been found in a deep, inaccessible cave – suggesting it was placed there by other H. naledi.

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Homo bodoensis, a new species of human ancestor, lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene.

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New human species has been named Homo bodoensis - but it may not stick

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Ancient faeces sitting on a rock

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Ancient faeces show Iron Age miners ate blue cheese and drank beer

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The Jubbah Oasis in northern Saudi Arabia, where humans were repeatedly present during periods of increased rainfall over hundreds of thousands of years

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Humans reached Arabia in at least five waves thanks to wetter climates

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Fragmentary remains of the human skull_CREDIT University of Hasanuddin

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7200-year-old DNA suggests Denisovans bred with humans on Sulawesi

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artist's reconstruction of wild dog

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Ancient humans in Europe may have stolen food from wild hunting dogs

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Just 1.5 to 7 per cent of the modern human genome is uniquely ours

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First farmers in the Atacama desert had a history of brutal violence

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First farmers in the Atacama desert had a history of brutal violence

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'Dragon man' claimed as new species of ancient human but doubts remain

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Newly identified ancestor of Neanderthals complicates the human story

A partial skull and jawbone from Israel belong to a previously unknown hominin group, who may have been the ancestors of the Neanderthals – and who interacted with our species

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78,000 year old human burial is oldest in Africa

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Remains of a 3-year-old child are the oldest known burial in Africa

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People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals

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Ancient 'computer' may have used bejewelled rings to model the cosmos

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