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Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago

A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hominins could have reached North America much earlier than we thought

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Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert

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Untangling the enigmatic origins of the human family’s newest species

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Stone Age blades could have been used for butchery, not just hunting

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Ancient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprints

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Ancient canoes hint at bustling trade in Mediterranean 7000 years ago

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Amazingly preserved Bronze Age village reveals life in ancient England

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A drawing of people worshipping the sun during an eclipse

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First Nations astronomers predicted eclipses without using writing

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Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats

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Did the people of Easter Island independently invent writing?

Wooden tablets containing a language of glyphs called Rongorongo may be evidence that the people of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, created their own writing system without the influence of European language

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Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years

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Ukraine may have been first part of Europe colonised by early humans

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Genomes of modern Indian people include wide range of Neanderthal DNA

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Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages

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