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Mystery of why Stone Age villagers spent so much time underwater

Half of the adults at a Stone Age village in Turkey had a strange ear condition most common today in keen surfers – but why did they spend so much time in water?

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boat artwork

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Have humans been sailors for a million years?

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World's most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

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World's most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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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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Tutankhamun's burial chamber

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There is no secret burial chamber in Tutankhamun’s tomb

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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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Ancient Swedish massacre hints at chaos after the fall of Rome

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Ancient Swedish massacre hints at chaos after the fall of Rome

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Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

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Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

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Lost villages from centuries ago found in the Amazon rainforest

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Lost villages from centuries ago found in the Amazon rainforest

Even some of the more remote parts of the Amazon rainforest, far from major rivers, were once densely populated – centuries before the arrival of Europeans

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Life

Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

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Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

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Early Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark skin and blue eyes

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Ancient rock art rewrites the natural history of Arabia

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