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All known Homo naledi skeletons seem to be female

An analysis of tooth proteins suggests all 23 Homo naledi individuals found in the Rising Star cave in South Africa were female, which strengthens the case that they were placed there deliberately

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Humans

What really happened when ancient humans migrated out of Africa

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Alice Roberts

Humans

Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'

Culture

Humans

Ötzi's frozen remains may harbour metabolically active microbes

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Humans

Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus

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Humans

The story of the first human tool: the humble container

Features

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Humans

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Features

Humans

Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years

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Reconstruction of a family of Neanderthals

Humans

Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

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Humans

Are Neanderthals descendants of modern humans?

The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist Michael Marshall details a surprising new hypothesis that suggests they may have come from us

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We might be wrong about humanity’s near extinction

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Humans

Why early humans radically changed their toolkits 200,000 years ago

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We did not evolve alone: The story of our origins

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Life

Oldest known dog extends the genetic history of our canine companions

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