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Alice Roberts

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Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'

Why do we have big brains? Or walk on two legs? Biological anthropologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts talks human exceptionalism, evolution and her new book Humans with Michael Marshall

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Ötzi's frozen remains may harbour metabolically active microbes

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Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus

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The story of the first human tool: the humble container

Features

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

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A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Features

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Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years

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Reconstruction of a family of Neanderthals

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Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

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Are Neanderthals descendants of modern humans?

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We might be wrong about humanity’s near extinction

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We might be wrong about humanity’s near extinction

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Why early humans radically changed their toolkits 200,000 years ago

A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the archaeological record – though scientists are still in debate about why

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We did not evolve alone: The story of our origins

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Oldest known dog extends the genetic history of our canine companions

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Genetic clues tell the story of Neanderthals' decline

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Our extinct Australopithecus relatives may have had difficult births

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