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Skull casket holding human bones reveals weird burial rituals
The first Brazilians seem to have been surprisingly sophisticated in how they buried their dead some 9600 years ago
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Ancient leftovers show the real Paleo diet was a veggie feast
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Unlocking mummies’ secrets: What imaging technology tells us
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Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing
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First Australians ate megafauna and used nets for hunting
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Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea
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Our ancestors chose reeds over grain when quitting nomadic life
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The real utopia: This ancient civilisation thrived without war
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Utopia is unobtainable, but worth pursuing for all our sakes
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Britain’s first lumberjacks have long tales to tell
Monuments like Stonehenge may take the breath away, but as The Tale of the Axe by David Miles shows, the real flavour of Neolithic life is in the detail
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Iceman Ötzi rocks the bear-fur hat and goat-leather coat look
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Bunnies helped a great civilisation in ancient Mexico thrive
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Oldest jewellery in East Asia is crafted 37,000-year-old shell
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First evidence of legendary flood reveals China’s origin story
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