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Our ancestors mated with the mystery ‘Denisovan’ people 鈥� twice
The genes of extinct hominins called Denisovans live on in people from China and Papua New Guinea, suggesting two instances of cross-species breeding
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Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world
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The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?
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Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire
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Someone made advanced stone tools in India 172,000 years ago
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Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten
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Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans
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We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago
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Meet 鈥楴eo鈥�, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found
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Ancient humans: What we know and still don鈥檛 know about them
Confused by the flood of news about ancient humans? Here鈥檚 the low-down on what new discoveries are revealing about the complicated story of our ancestors
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Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils
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First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago
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Neanderthal artist revealed in a finely carved raven bone
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Neanderthals may have medicated with penicillin and painkillers
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