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Which humans first made tools or art – and how do we know?

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave art that we don’t have the technology to date. Columnist Michael Marshall explores how we determine what came first in the timeline of our species

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AI-assisted mammograms cut risk of developing aggressive breast cancer

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Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

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The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

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The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

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Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

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Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

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Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

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Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

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TX DATE:16-01-2022,TX WEEK:03,EMBARGOED UNTIL:11-01-2022 00:00:01,DESCRIPTION:Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on Tuesday 11/01/2022 - Picture shows: Sir David Attenborough Sir David Attenborough holding the seed head of a Bulrush, Typha latifolia, Cambridge, UK. Each may contain a quarter of a millions seeds, tightly packed together. These are released over a period of months, increasing the chances that at least some of them will be blown by the wind to new areas of water, where they can germinate. ,COPYRIGHT:BBC Studios,CREDIT LINE:BBC Studios

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The best new science documentaries of 2026

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Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a Miocene ape

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Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

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Space

Putting data centres in space isn't going to happen any time soon

From massive solar panels to the difficulty of staying cool - not to mention high-energy radiation - there are a lot of engineering problems that need to be solved before we can build data centres in space

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Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal – what happens next?

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Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

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2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

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AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mean for democracy?

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