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Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert

Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneath the hot desert landscape of Saudi Arabia

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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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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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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

A genetic study of nearly 2700 individuals has revealed the ancestry of Indian people, and gets scientists closer to reconstructing the genomes of ancient Neanderthals

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A close-up view of a burial trench between rows of individual graves, excavated between the concrete foundations of the Royal Mint, from the excavation of the Black Death cemetery, East Smithfield, London, view looking west. (Photo by MOLA/Getty Images)

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

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Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts

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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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