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Ancient 'computer' may have used bejewelled rings to model the cosmos

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Ancient 'computer' may have used bejewelled rings to model the cosmos

The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism, a bronze device that displayed the motion of the sun, moon and planets, may have used rings with gems to represent celestial bodies

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Indian stone tool may be earliest evidence of humans outside Africa

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People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years

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People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years

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The hidden rules that determine which friendships matter to us

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The hidden rules that determine which friendships matter to us

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‘Little Foot’ hominin was either ill or very hungry in her childhood

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‘Little Foot’ hominin was either ill or very hungry in her childhood

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A pit latrine toilet in Kayunga District, Uganda

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Soil safely filters 38 million tonnes of human waste each year

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Oldest evidence of malted barley shows ancient Scandinavians made beer

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Oldest evidence of malted barley shows ancient Scandinavians made beer

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Listen to the oldest known conch shell horn from 18,000 years ago

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Listen to the oldest known conch shell horn from 18,000 years ago

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Treasure trove of ancient human remains hints at undiscovered species

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Treasure trove of ancient human remains hints at undiscovered species

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Stone Age Europeans used human bones to make arrowheads

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Stone Age Europeans used human bones to make arrowheads

Barbed bone points that washed up on the shores of Europe were used as arrowheads or spear tips, and some were made of human bones

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The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers

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Ancient shell beads may have been the first money used in the Americas

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If we can't change the world, does anything we do matter?

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You are not one person: Why your sense of self must be an illusion

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