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A skull unearthed in Harbin, China, turns out to belong to a Denisovan

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An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our closest relatives, redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X

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Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

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Exploring humanity's ancient origins in fantastic new BBC documentary

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Fossil teeth may come from a new species of early hominin

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Why a mysterious group of ancient humans doesn’t have a species name

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Team of EMS Paramedics React Quick to Provide Medical Help to Injured Patient and Get Him in Ambulance on a Stretcher. Emergency Care Assistants Arrived on the Scene of a Traffic Accident on a Street.

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Let a breakthrough in measuring body clocks ease the ills of shiftwork

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Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human

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Atmospheric graveyard

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What were ancient humans thinking when they began to bury their dead?

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Evolution has made humans both Machiavellian and born socialists

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70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world

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'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

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Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones

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