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Ice from the Alps reveals Europeans ditched gold for silver in AD 660

The people of north-west Europe embraced a silver currency instead of gold in the seventh century, and this may have fuelled a post-Roman economic boom

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Biggest archaeological dig in Europe will uncover UK's buried history

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DNA from 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals how an ancient woman lived

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DNA from 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals how an ancient woman lived

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Toys are us: How childhood objects may have shaped human history

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3000-year-old woman's mummy found in tomb from the time of Tutankhamun

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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

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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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Unearthed! The missing Native American city on the Great Plains

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Daniel Antoine: The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies

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Daniel Antoine: The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

Harvard geneticist David Reich and his team are DNA testing the bones of ancient humans. Their explosive results are still coming in, but one thing is already certain: much of what we thought we knew about human history is simply wrong

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Tree rings reveal plague hit medieval Europe’s construction industry

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Every man in Spain was wiped out 4500 years ago by hostile invaders

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

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We may have reached Madagascar 6000 years earlier than once thought

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