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What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially changing how we think of the earliest hominins

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New Scientist recommends Curious Cures: Medicine in the medieval world

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Ancient camp shows how humans adapted to extreme cold in Europe

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HR8B2Y Tocharian manuscript THT133

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An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

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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

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for more than a million years. A fossilised leg belonging to a strikingly small member of the group raises questions about how it did so

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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

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Surprising skeletons prompt a radical rethink of Egyptian pyramids

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