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Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts

Ancient and fragile papyrus samples are at risk of being damaged by fungi, but a wasabi-based treatment can disinfect them without damage

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When does a bone become a fossil?

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Hominins may have left Africa 700,000 years earlier than we thought

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Mammoth tusk tool may have been used to make ropes 37,000 years ago

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Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,000 years ago

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Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,000 years ago

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Humans first reached China thousands of years earlier than we thought

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Are we all related to Henry VIII's Master of the Mint?

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The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution

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Not to be used in museums, exhibitions, or articles about Elisabeth Daynes or the Atelier Daynes. No use in any context outside of mainstream science without the express permission of Atelier Daynes. Front covers or private use require clearance. Mandatory credit. Paranthropus boisei model. Reconstruction of a specimen of Paranthropus boisei. This hominin, which is sometimes classified as Australopithecus boisei, lived from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago in eastern Africa. P. boisei is one of several extinct species that form an early part of the human evolutionary tree. Reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynes of the Daynes Studio, Paris, France. MANDATORY CREDIT.

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How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long?

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Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

Megaliths, or huge stones, were used for thousands of years to build monuments, and they were far more colourful than you might think – the most common pigments used to decorate them came from reddish cinnabar and ochre

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How archaeologists can decide if prehistoric artefacts count as art

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The archaeological finds that show art is far older than our species

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How Migration Really Works review: Prepare to have your mind changed

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Seventh Son author Sebastian Faulks: 'I'm 3.7 per cent Neanderthal'

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