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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn鈥檛 conquer the world

Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only for their societies and cultures to mysteriously vanish. At last, ancient DNA is revealing why

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Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans

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Ancient genomes reveal when modern humans and Neanderthals interbred

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Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years 鈥� and what鈥檚 to come

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake

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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out

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Rachel Kushner鈥檚 Booker-shortlisted Creation Lake is top-notch

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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

Analysis of DNA from a Neanderthal fossil found in a French cave indicates that it belonged to a group that was isolated for more than 50,000 years

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Neanderthal cooking skills put to the test with birds and stone tools

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Neanderthal child may have had Down鈥檚 syndrome

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Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Neanderthal bones

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Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked

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