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How ghost cities in the Amazon are rewriting the story of civilisation

Remote sensing, including lidar, reveals that the Amazon was once home to millions of people. The emerging picture of how they lived challenges ideas of human cultural evolution

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Did rock art spread from one place or was it invented many times?

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Small fern species has a genome 50 times larger than that of humans

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Why did hominins like us evolve at all?

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Did humans evolve to chase down prey over long distances?

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Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago

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Ancient campsite may show how humans survived volcanic super-eruption

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'Useless' appendage of the ovaries may play key role in fertility

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The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain

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The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain

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When does a bone become a fossil?

As organic material in a bone gets replaced by minerals over time, it becomes a fossil. But that can happen at different rates even within the same individual

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Is it time for a more subtle view on the ultimate taboo: cannibalism?

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Humans

Our human ancestors often ate each other, and for surprising reasons

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Great apes like teasing each other - which may be the origin of humour

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Health

Exploring our body oddities is about far more than just idle curiosity

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