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Detail of The Book of the Dead of Queen Nedjmet, papyrus, Egypt, 1070 BC, 21st Dynasty.

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Hieroglyphs: Unlocking ancient Egypt review: Two hundred years on

Cracking Egypt's hieroglyphic code was one of humanity’s greatest feats. A riveting new exhibition at the British Museum celebrates the 200th anniversary

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Immersive Tutankhamun exhibition reveals the grandeur of his treasures

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Immersive Tutankhamun exhibition reveals the grandeur of his treasures

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Who is Ancestor X? The biggest mystery in human evolution

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Who is Ancestor X? The biggest mystery in human evolution

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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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Digital restoration of fossil child and adult crania

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Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years

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DEWD0X Archaeological Site of Atapuerca. Archaeological Site: Gran Dolina. World Heritage Site. Burgos. Castilla-Leon. Spain.

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Life As Told By a Sapiens to a Neanderthal review: Joyful curiosity

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Donny Dust about to test an atlatl

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Prehistoric dart-throwing atlatl weapon even more deadly than thought

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Bisonte Magdaleniense pol?cromo

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When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?

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side view of ancient skull

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Ancient DNA adds to evidence for Native Americans' east Asian ancestry

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Ancient footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park.

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Ice Age Footprints review: Ancient humans’ arrival in North America

This documentary tracks the quest for the oldest human footprints in North America, and what they can tell us about when people first arrived on the continent

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Ancient footprints show children splashed in puddles 11,500 years ago

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How fossil footprints are revealing the joy and fear of Stone Age life

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Fate of buried Java Man revealed in unseen notes from Homo erectus dig

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Largest ever family tree of humanity reveals our species' history

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