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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

The Tibetan Plateau is a tough environment so we thought humans arrived only about 12,000 years ago, but it seems someone was there 40,000 to 30,000 years ago

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Anna Machin: Is technology changing how humans behave?

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Anna Machin: Is technology changing how humans behave?

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We thought the Incas couldn't write. These knots change everything

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Edge of Memory: Distrusting oral tradition may make us more ignorant

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Asia’s mysterious role in the early origins of humanity

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London's Horniman Museum has squeezed a world into a room

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London's Horniman Museum has squeezed a world into a room

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Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

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Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

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The original social justice warrior who smashed stereotypes

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The original social justice warrior who smashed stereotypes

Margaret Mead’s 1920s solo trip to live among people in Samoa was just the start of a boundary-breaking and myth-demolishing career

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The origins of sexism: How men came to rule 12,000 years ago

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Why the patriarchy isn't good for men and how to fix it

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How protective parents exacerbate gender differences

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The hidden reasons why societies are violent towards women

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