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Health

Mummy autopsy reveals earliest known case of liver parasite

The mummified remains of a man who died in 1642 had a liver infection caught by eating raw shellfish, perhaps in the hope of curing measles

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Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

Earth

Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

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Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

Life

Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

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pig on a sofa

Life

The porker paradox: A very human dilemma

Culture

Dog's eye view of people walking dogs past some ancient architecture

Humans

Ancient warriors killed and ate their dogs as rite of passage

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Australia

Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

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Humans

Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

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Some of the best early human bones ever found

Humans

Homo naledi is only 250,000 years old – here’s why that matters

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Ancient carvings show comet hit Earth and triggered mini ice age

Earth

Ancient carvings show comet hit Earth and triggered mini ice age

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Black-and-white photo of room with Native America clothes and artefacts on the wall

Humans

Love your anthropological collection? Then hand it back

Curating culturally sensitive objects sometimes means letting them go, says Chip Colwell in his book Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits

Culture

Humans

Three Stones Make a Wall: the inside story of archaeology

Culture

Humans

Oldest tooth filling was made by an Ice Age dentist in Italy

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Life

Prehistoric humans made jewellery out of exotic island animals

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Humans

Medieval people mutilated the deceased to ward off zombies

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