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E08ERC Sand dune landscape in Arabian desert.

We need to fully explore the planet to understand our species' origins

18 August 2021

The study of human evolution has neglected huge areas of Earth, and recent discoveries from Arabia suggest these places have a lot to tell us
Dog eating food

Ancient dog faeces show how our canine friends became omnivores

13 August 2021

Gut microbes helped ancient dogs eat starch-rich food when farming led to a change in diet for people and their animals, an analysis of 3500-year-old dog faeces reveals

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