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An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

Hunting the origin of 40 per cent of the languages spoken today is a huge feat, but Laura Spinney's new book makes an excellent job of it

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Ancient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,000 years ago

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Denisovan fossil from Taiwan gives clue to mysterious ancient humans

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Arabia has been green for long spells in the past 8 million years

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The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European languages

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Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory objects made by humans

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone tools

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Relics in Tutankhamun’s tomb hint he invented elaborate burial rites

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Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the clay tablets were preserved by the heat. Selena Wisnom's new book reveals more

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Surprising skeletons prompt a radical rethink of Egyptian pyramids

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Ancient humans lived in an 'uninhabitable' climate 25,000 years ago

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Are we really doomed? An entertaining guide to humanity's extinction

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Ancient face bones offer clues to identity of early humans in Europe

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