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78,000 year old human burial is oldest in Africa

The oldest known burial in Africa is of a 3-year-old child who died around 78,000 years ago. The discovery sheds light on how people in the region cared for their dead at that time.

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Remains of a 3-year-old child are the oldest known burial in Africa

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Remains of a 3-year-old child are the oldest known burial in Africa

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Viking remains lost for more than a century rediscovered in a museum

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Viking remains lost for more than a century rediscovered in a museum

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Indigenous people may have left the Amazon before Europeans arrived

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Indigenous people may have left the Amazon before Europeans arrived

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calcite crystals

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People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals

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Ancient 'computer' may have used bejewelled rings to model the cosmos

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Ancient 'computer' may have used bejewelled rings to model the cosmos

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stone tool

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Indian stone tool may be earliest evidence of humans outside Africa

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People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years

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People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years

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The hidden rules that determine which friendships matter to us

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The hidden rules that determine which friendships matter to us

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‘Little Foot’ hominin was either ill or very hungry in her childhood

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‘Little Foot’ hominin was either ill or very hungry in her childhood

An Australopithecus woman who lived 3.67 million years ago has defects in her teeth enamel that suggest she was either deprived of food or seriously ill when young

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Soil safely filters 38 million tonnes of human waste each year

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Oldest evidence of malted barley shows ancient Scandinavians made beer

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Listen to the oldest known conch shell horn from 18,000 years ago

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Treasure trove of ancient human remains hints at undiscovered species

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