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A model of Ötzi the iceman

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Iceman Ötzi rocks the bear-fur hat and goat-leather coat look

A famous 5300-year-old mummy preserved in ice is yielding prehistoric fashion secrets. His clothes were stitched together from five different species

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Mexican jackrabbit

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Bunnies helped a great civilisation in ancient Mexico thrive

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Two views of two shell beads from Jerimalai, one 9000 years old, the other 37,000 years old

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Oldest jewellery in East Asia is crafted 37,000-year-old shell

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big impressive statue of Emperor Yu, in pale sandstone, with inscribed stones on each side

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First evidence of legendary flood reveals China's origin story

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Field showing circular indentations near centre of image

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Aerial pictures reveal England's ancient archaeological sites

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Fossils, islands and forests added to UNESCO World Heritage List

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Fossils, islands and forests added to UNESCO World Heritage List

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Two volunteers record the remains of a submerged forest on Cleethorpes beach

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How to become a citizen archaeologist tracking Stone-Age Britons

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Dolmen in Portugal

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Prehistoric tombs may have doubled as star-gazing observatories

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Filthy Romans: Dirty secrets of the bath-obsessed ancients

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A round, smooth lump of amber in which a fossilised wing can be seen

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Beautifully preserved feathers belonged to tiny flying dinosaurs

Detailed amber fossils of wings from dinosaurs just 3.5 centimetres long suggest they flew like today’s birds. Such finds let us probe how flight evolved

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Race to save hidden treasures under threat from climate change

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‘Monkey archaeology’ reveals macaque’s own Stone Age culture

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Shipwreck archaeologist versus treasure hunters of the Caribbean

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Explore a map of London's extraordinary archaeological finds

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