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Are we all related to Henry VIII's Master of the Mint?

After discovering that a Ralph Rowlett was in charge of the Royal Mint in 1540, Peter Rowlett runs the genealogy calculations to find out if he could be related

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The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution

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Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

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How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long?

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Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

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How archaeologists can decide if prehistoric artefacts count as art

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The Makapansgat pebble is seen on display as part of the exhibition

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The archaeological finds that show art is far older than our species

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Migrants cross the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border in Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Mexico, along with President??Joe Biden's administration and the??United Nations, is considering setting up a temporary program to help pre-screen tens of thousands of migrants for US entry eligibility as border crossings increase again. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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How Migration Really Works review: Prepare to have your mind changed

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Seventh Son author Sebastian Faulks: 'I'm 3.7 per cent Neanderthal'

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Seventh Son author Sebastian Faulks: 'I'm 3.7 per cent Neanderthal'

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People around Europe have eaten seaweed for thousands of years

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A site used by ancient humans was also a latrine for giant hyenas

Stone tools, mammal bones and fossilised faeces hint that hominins and hyenas scavenged for food at the same place 1.4 million years ago

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Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago

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Neanderthals hunted cave lions with spears and made use of their pelts

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Humans lived on Spanish plateau during Earth's last cold snap

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Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks

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