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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake

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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out

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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out

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Rachel Kushner’s Booker-shortlisted Creation Lake is top-notch

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Rachel Kushner’s Booker-shortlisted Creation Lake is top-notch

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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

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Neanderthal cooking skills put to the test with birds and stone tools

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A Neanderthal grandfather and child

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Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome

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Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Neanderthal bones

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Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked

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Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked

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Genomes of modern Indian people include wide range of Neanderthal DNA

A genetic study of nearly 2700 individuals has revealed the ancestry of Indian people, and gets scientists closer to reconstructing the genomes of ancient Neanderthals

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Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life

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

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Alice Roberts interviewed by a 10-year-old about her novel, Wolf Road

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Alice Roberts: Archaeology can create a world for stories to unfold in

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