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Photos of a newborn infant being carefully cradled by the medical professional helping to deliver it. The photos are taken from the perspective of the parent giving birth.

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Why is childbirth so hard for humans 鈥� and is it getting even harder?

Some think the rise of C-sections means that one day all births will require serious medical intervention. But a surprising new understanding of the pelvis suggests a different story

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Health

Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

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Revealing the epic story of ancient humans: Best ideas of the century

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Pompeii鈥檚 public baths were unhygienic until the Romans took over

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Hunting with poison arrows may have begun 60,000 years ago in Africa

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Humans

Roman soldiers defending Hadrian鈥檚 Wall had intestinal parasites

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Reconstruction of the city of Wroxeter in Roman Britain

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Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population鈥檚 health

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The most amazing archaeology photos and discoveries of 2025

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Humans

Pompeii building site reveals how the Romans made concrete

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Was a little-known culture in Bronze Age Turkey a major power?

Archaeologists have gathered evidence from hundreds of Bronze Age sites in western Turkey that could be remnants of a civilisation that has been largely overlooked

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Life

Origin story of domestic cats rewritten by genetic analysis

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Humans

Warming and droughts led to collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation

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Humans

Easter Island statues may have been built by small independent groups

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Humans

Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of the first states

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