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Ancient camp shows how humans adapted to extreme cold in Europe

An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for their fur, which may have helped people to endure harsh winters during the last glacial period

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An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

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Ancient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,000 years ago

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Denisovan fossil from Taiwan gives clue to mysterious ancient humans

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Arabia has been green for long spells in the past 8 million years

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The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European languages

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Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory objects made by humans

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone tools

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Relics in Tutankhamun’s tomb hint he invented elaborate burial rites

Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from his tomb suggest he took advantage to invent new funerary rituals

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Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life

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Surprising skeletons prompt a radical rethink of Egyptian pyramids

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Ancient humans lived in an 'uninhabitable' climate 25,000 years ago

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Ancient face bones offer clues to identity of early humans in Europe

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