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Your pet dog’s ancestor was a fierce, wild animal. How was it tamed?

Unexpected archaeological discoveries are rewriting the story of how the big, bad wolf became our first and most beloved pet

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Ancient tools on Sulawesi may be clue to origins of 'hobbit' hominins

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A 3D model of the tattooed mummy. The top image features textures derived from photographs that were captured using light visible to the human eye, while the bottom image's textures were derived from near-infrared photography, which we cannot see

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Ancient Siberian ice mummy is covered in 'really special' tattoos

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Archaeologists are unearthing the most powerful women who ever lived

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Archaeologists are unearthing the most powerful women who ever lived

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Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human

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Temple of Augustus and Rome ruins, in Turkey

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AI helps reconstruct damaged Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire

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Atmospheric graveyard

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What were ancient humans thinking when they began to bury their dead?

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2K6ERBY Flock of sheeps moving down the valley, French Alps, border with Switzerland

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Ranching and farming have eroded almost all the soil in the Alps

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Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

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70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world

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'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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Ancient DNA reveals make-up of Roman Empire’s favourite sauce

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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

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Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought

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