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Bronze Age hoards hint that market economies arose surprisingly early
An analysis of 20,000 metal objects from Bronze Age Europe suggests human economic behaviour may not have changed much over the past 3500 years
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Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,000 years ago
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The plague may have wiped out most northern Europeans 5000 years ago
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Britain saw centuries of economic growth under Roman rule
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50,000-year-old picture of a pig is the oldest known narrative art
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Ancient artefacts suggest Australian ritual endured for 12,000 years
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Skeletons reveal ancient Egyptian scribes had bad posture at work
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Mysterious rock art in Venezuela hints at little-known ancient culture
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Neanderthal child may have had Down鈥檚 syndrome
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Easter Island’s legendary societal collapse didn’t actually happen
Historians have claimed the people of Easter Island overexploited natural resources, causing a population crash, but new evidence suggests they lived sustainably for centuries
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World’s oldest wine found in 2000-year-old Roman tomb
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Origins of modern horses traced to breeding revolution 4200 years ago
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Ancient Egyptian skull shows oldest known attempt at treating cancer
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A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramids of Egypt
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