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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age

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CEY867 fresh mandarins, oranges

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How the evolution of citrus is inextricably linked with our own

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LATVIA. Jurmala. 1999.

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The fascinating truth about why common sense isn't really that common

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RD3GJW London, UK. Office workers at night, seen through the windows of an office block in the City, London's financial district

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How bad is modern life for our body clocks – and what can we do?

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The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

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The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

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Our fascination with monsters tells us a lot about ourselves

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Our fascination with monsters tells us a lot about ourselves

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KEPXDK Australopithecus family

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When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?

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SAN FRANCISCO - SEPTEMBER 20: Freshly printed copies of the San Francisco Chronicle run through the printing press at one of the Chronicle's printing facilities September 20, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Newspaper sales in the U.S. continue to slide as people turn to the internet and television for their news. The Chronicle saw its circulation plunge more than 15 percent in 2006 to 398,000 during the week which has hurt newspaper vendor Rick Gaub's business. Unable to sell as many papers as he used to, Gaub is looking for a new way to earn money after selling papers for 42 years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Nexus review: Yuval Noah Harari is out of his depth in his new book

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Largest genome sequenced so far is 30 times bigger than a human's

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Altamura skeleton, displaying the same type of popcorn coralloid concretions. The two specimens are located in two separate parts of the cave. Not in scale. Photos by CB.

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Why the amazing Altamura Man fossil remains a mystery

A Neanderthal skeleton was discovered encased in rock in an Italian cave 30 years ago, but it hasn’t been studied much due to a long-running impasse about how to safely excavate it

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Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

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Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world

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Your pupils change size as you breathe

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When did human ancestors start walking on two legs?

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