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Neolithic tools

Technology

Britain's first lumberjacks have long tales to tell

Monuments like Stonehenge may take the breath away, but as The Tale of the Axe by David Miles shows, the real flavour of Neolithic life is in the detail

Culture

A model of Ötzi the iceman

Humans

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

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Mexican jackrabbit

Life

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

Humans

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

Earth

First evidence of legendary flood reveals China's origin story

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Field showing circular indentations near centre of image

Humans

Aerial pictures reveal England's ancient archaeological sites

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Fossils, islands and forests added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Earth

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

Life

How to become a citizen archaeologist tracking Stone-Age Britons

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Dolmen in Portugal

Humans

Prehistoric tombs may have doubled as star-gazing observatories

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Technology

Filthy Romans: Dirty secrets of the bath-obsessed ancients

The Romans brought their famous baths and toilets to three continents, so how come they left places more unhygienic than they found them?

Features

Life

Beautifully preserved feathers belonged to tiny flying dinosaurs

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Earth

Race to save hidden treasures under threat from climate change

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Life

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

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Humans

Shipwreck archaeologist versus treasure hunters of the Caribbean

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