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Are we all related to Henry VIII’s Master of the Mint?

After discovering that a Ralph Rowlett was in charge of the Royal Mint in 1540, Peter Rowlett runs the genealogy calculations to find out if he could be related

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Migrants cross the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border in Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Mexico, along with President??Joe Biden's administration and the??United Nations, is considering setting up a temporary program to help pre-screen tens of thousands of migrants for US entry eligibility as border crossings increase again. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Comment

How Migration Really Works review: Prepare to have your mind changed

Culture
A human bone from up to 3900 BC found inside the Cueva de los Marmoles cave in Grenada, Spain

Humans

Prehistoric people in Spain may have made tools from human bones

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Humans

We are hopeless at telling when we have goosebumps

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Tam P脿 Ling cave in northern Laos, where several human fossils dating back tens of thousands of years have been found

Humans

Fossils in Laos cave imply modern humans were in Asia 86,000 years ago

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Humans

Humans were kissing at least 4500 years ago, reveal ancient texts

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Society

Why we shouldn’t fill our minds with endless tales of dystopia

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Society

It’s now or never 鈥� we need to achieve a sustainable human population

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Environment

The Earth Transformed review: The untold history of humans and climate

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Humans

Was the shift to farming really the worst mistake in human history?

The notion that our ancestors鈥� shift from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to farming was disastrous for our health is well established, but a new study should prompt a rethink, says Michael Marshall

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Space

The Longest Goodbye review: A poignant documentary on space psychology

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Humans

The science of self-knowledge is important, even if it is a bit fuzzy

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Humans

Modern humans evolved a ‘selfish’ X chromosome after Africa exodus

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Humans

Despite reaching 8 billion people, we must plan for population decline

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