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The biggest coincidence in human evolution

Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means of communicating with each other – how did it crop up independently at about the same time?

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A bone that appears to have been fashioned into a tool, dating back 1.5 million years

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Ancient humans used bone tools a million years earlier than we thought

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Humans were living in tropical forests surprisingly early

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Ancient hunters may have used throwing spears 300,000 years ago

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Welcome to Hawaii's 'plastic beach', one of the world's dirtiest places. Hawaii has long evoked images of a Pacific paradise but Kamilo Beach, located on the Big Island, presents a starkly different reality. Hawaii??s efforts to push back on rampant plastics consumption have been among the boldest in the country. ?? Liz Barney / Guardian / eyevine Contact eyevine for more information about using this image: T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 E: info@eyevine.com http://www.eyevine.com

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In millions of years, what could a future civilisation learn about us?

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Why I'm deeply sceptical about comparisons between humans and machines

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Why I'm deeply sceptical about comparisons between humans and machines

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F20J3E Glowing question mark symbol in forest at night

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The 7 most consequential moments in the history of everything

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Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago

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2X417AE ziggurat of ur in iraq

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The story of ancient Mesopotamia and the dawn of the modern world

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Fossil proteins may soon reveal how we're related to Australopithecus

Australopithecus came before us, but that doesn't tell us which specific individual species is our ancestor. The fossil record is spotty in places, but the latest finds could give us enough clues to pin down how we are linked

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Enigmatic people who took over Europe millennia ago came from Ukraine

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A lively history shows that the human neck is full of surprises

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Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do

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