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Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

Rabbit fossils suggest that Neanderthals had a varied diet including hunting small, fast prey, meaning they were very adaptable

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Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

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African landscape

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How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

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Neanderthals artwork

Humans

Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

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Environment

Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole

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Life

The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018

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Denisovan tooth

Humans

2019 Preview: Teeth will reveal our species’ deep evolutionary past

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Life

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2018’s science stories

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Our primate ancestors may have originated in Europe or North America

Humans

Our primate ancestors may have originated in Europe or North America

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Humans

Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human

A skeleton found decades ago in South Africa may be a new species of Australopithecus, and could help reveal when our ancestors evolved to walk on two feet

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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Humans

Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers

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Life

Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Humans

The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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