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Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a new dynasty

In the foundations of a Maya temple, researchers found the charred bones of royal individuals – possibly evidence of a fiery ritual to mark the end of one dynasty and the beginning of another

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Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

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Early humans made jewellery from giant sloth bones

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Carved giant sloth bones may have been worn as personal ornaments
A woman with her daughter observes the pictures of people who lost their lives during the Guatemalan civil war, as forensic anthropologists from the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG) exhume the bodies of one of four mass graves in La Verbena cemetery, in Guatemla City on March 6, 2010, as part of a search to find the 889 people who disappeared during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996). AFP PHOTO/Johan ORDONEZ (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Still Life With Bones review: Harrowing account of exposing genocide

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Was the shift to farming really the worst mistake in human history?

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3D models of the femur and ulnae of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

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Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

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Homo bodoensis, a new species of human ancestor, lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene.

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New human species has been named Homo bodoensis - but it may not stick

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Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

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Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

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A skull suggests humans have been getting piercings for 12,000 years

The teeth of a man who lived in prehistoric Africa are worn in a way that suggests he had three facial piercings, the second oldest such find in the world

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Why walking your way to better health isn't all about step counting

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Humans across cultures may share the same universal musical grammar

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Wealthy families in prehistoric Europe may have had live-in slaves

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Wealthy families in prehistoric Europe may have had live-in slaves

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Description:Picture of drinking vessel: Greek drinking cup from the Early Celtic princely burial mound Kleinaspergle. This vessel is similar to those whose pottery fragments were found in the Celtic settlement on the Mont Lassois

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Ancient Celts were partial to beer, mead and imported Greek wines

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