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

There are untold legions of viruses, fungi and bacteria living in your mouth. It now seems we can stave off conditions from Alzheimer's disease to cancer by keeping them in a healthy balance

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

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Alice Roberts interviewed by ten-year-old Jenny Flood

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

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Alice Roberts

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

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Finger marks on cave walls are among the earliest Neanderthal art

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Ancient bacteria genome reconstructed from Neanderthal tooth gunk

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Early risers may have inherited faster body clocks from Neanderthals

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Straight-tusked elephant bones hint at routine hunting and butchering by Neanderthals

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Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that fed 100 people for a month

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A recreation of a Neanderthal man

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Antibiotics encoded in Neanderthal DNA could help us fight infections

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Chagyrskaya Cave in Siberia

Humans

Neanderthal family life revealed by ancient DNA from Siberian cave

DNA from 11 individuals who lived in Chagyrskaya cave around 51,000 years ago suggests women moved between groups and also shows a high level of inbreeding

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When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?

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Neanderthals may have cleared a European forest with fire or tools

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Neanderthals may have grown their baby teeth faster than we do

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Prehistoric elephant nursery probably made easy prey for Neanderthals

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