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The Makapansgat pebble is seen on display as part of the exhibition "South Africa: the Art of a Nation", at the British Museum in London, Britain November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Heavens FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY - LR1ECBP1AXUYC

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The archaeological finds that show art is far older than our species

We used to trace the origins of art to Stone Age Europe. Now we have evidence of artistic sensibility in earlier hominins, from Neanderthals to Homo erectus and beyond

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Earliest known war in Europe was a Stone Age conflict 5000 years ago

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Humans caught more diseases after we domesticated animals

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People around Europe have eaten seaweed for thousands of years

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The Greek word for purple, extracted from a Herculaneum scroll

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Student uses AI to decipher word in ancient scroll from Herculaneum

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Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago

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Neanderthals hunted cave lions with spears and made use of their pelts

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The Amazon may contain thousands of undiscovered ancient structures

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Humans lived on Spanish plateau during Earth’s last cold snap

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‘Dark earth’ made by Amazon farmers stores carbon for centuries

Nutrient-rich soil known as 鈥渄ark earth鈥� has been cultivated by Indigenous farmers in the Amazon for centuries, leaving behind a large and still uncounted store of carbon

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Earliest evidence of buildings made from wood is 476,000 years old

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Stone Age carvings of animal footprints identified by expert trackers

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Cave art pigments show how ancient technology changed over 4500 years

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Terracotta Army shoes reveal secrets of ancient Chinese footwear

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