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Altamura skeleton, displaying the same type of popcorn coralloid concretions. The two specimens are located in two separate parts of the cave. Not in scale. Photos by CB.

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Why the amazing Altamura Man fossil remains a mystery

A Neanderthal skeleton was discovered encased in rock in an Italian cave 30 years ago, but it hasn’t been studied much due to a long-running impasse about how to safely excavate it

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Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

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Donald Johanson excavating Lucy

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Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world

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Your pupils change size as you breathe

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When did human ancestors start walking on two legs?

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The Tropical jungle with river and sun beam and foggy in the garden

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How ghost cities in the Amazon are rewriting the story of civilisation

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Ancient cave paintings on rocks in Karasay gorge, Taraz, Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan. Petroglyphs Bronze Age and Iron Age rock art; Shutterstock ID 2465182461; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Did rock art spread from one place or was it invented many times?

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Why did hominins like us evolve at all?

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Did humans evolve to chase down prey over long distances?

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Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago

A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hominins could have reached North America much earlier than we thought

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Ancient campsite may show how humans survived volcanic super-eruption

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'Useless' appendage of the ovaries may play key role in fertility

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Mind

The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain

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When does a bone become a fossil?

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