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Getting up in the morning

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Early risers may have inherited faster body clocks from Neanderthals

Modern humans who have inherited genetic variants related to circadian rhythms from extinct hominins are more likely to be morning people

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ancient human

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'Dragon man' claimed as new species of ancient human but doubts remain

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The World Before Us review: A gripping account of Earth's other humans

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The World Before Us review: A gripping account of Earth's other humans

Culture

Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn't?

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Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn't?

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The other humans: The emerging story of the mysterious Denisovans

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The other humans: The emerging story of the mysterious Denisovans

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Anthropological models

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Thousands of Denisovan tools reveal their Stone Age technologies

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Thousands of Denisovan tools reveal their Stone Age technologies

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Rocky point, Australia

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The epic ocean journey that took Stone Age people to Australia

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CERN

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New Scientist ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade

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Cave painting

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44,000-year-old hunting scene is earliest painted ‘story’ ever found

Cave paintings discovered in Indonesia reveal ancient artists were conjuring imagined scenes 20,000 years earlier than we thought – but who painted them?

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Oldest Denisovan art discovered on 100,000-year-old bone fragments

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Mystery hominin had sex with ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans

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Major discovery suggests Denisovans lived in Tibet 160,000 years ago

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