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Excavations in the Denisova cave

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Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans

Genetic analysis shows a tooth from the Denisova cave in Siberia is only the fourth specimen from elusive early humans who lived alongside Neanderthals

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Ancient human skulls

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We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

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classroom scene

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People with higher IQs are more likely to live to their 80s

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Children playing on a bouncy castle

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DNA variants that are bad for health may also make you stupid

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A classroom in Uttar Pradesh

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Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months

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

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Models of the skulls of human ancestors

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Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

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A sample containing DNA

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Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils

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Illustration of a mastodon

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First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago

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A replica of the skull of Homo naledi

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Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

The first analyses of skull data from the most recently discovered species of early human suggest that its brain was surprising sophisticated

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Your true self: How your personality changes throughout life

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Your true self: The future is a foreign person

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Your true self: Why it’s morals that make the human

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Neanderthal artist revealed in a finely carved raven bone

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