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Ancient human DNA found on cave art for the first time

DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one day identify individual artists and resolve the debate over Neanderthals' artistic abilities

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Europe’s heatwave is the hottest and most humid ever

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Fossil fruits show flowering plants flourished in time of dinosaurs

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Can home batteries help save the climate and save you money?

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We’ve uncovered a master gene that switches on human development

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Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclipse

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If you aren't terrified by this heatwave, you should be

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Record-breaking IBM chip uses trick to cram in 100 billion transistors

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Transmission electron micrograph of Escherichia coli cells infected by phages (green dots)

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Phages could enable us to hijack vaccine immunity to kill cancer cells

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Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrolls

Scrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety for the first time, thanks to scans and AI software

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Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in complex carbon

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A note from the anniversary editor

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All known Homo naledi skeletons seem to be female

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Some of the last Neanderthals were surprisingly genetically diverse

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