A new discovery is shedding more light on the overlap between the two species of human, despite the challenges of exploring this distant time
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Genetic analysis of two skull fragments dating back almost 40,000 years shows that our species colonised Europe from the east and interbred with our Neanderthal cousins.
In the 17th century, the mullet was written about with imperial and racist overtones.
From unwrapping parties to grinding-up mummies to make medicine, Europe has a long and strange relationship with Ancient Egyptian remains.
A new study doubles the age of ancient DNA in sub-Saharan Africa, revealing how people moved, mingled and had children together over the last 50,000 years.
Denisova Cave in Siberia has a rich fossil history of early humans - and deposits of droppings from hyenas, wolves and even bears, according to a new analysis of the cave’s dirt floor.
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor and Director, Flinders Microarchaeology Laboratory, Flinders University
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Assistant Curator of Human Evolution., University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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Associate research scientist, University of Wollongong
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
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Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Manchester
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Directeur Scientifique Adjoint CNRS INSB Génétique Génomique Bioinformatique, Université Paris Cité
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Directrice de recherche CNRS, Université Paris Cité
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Professor of Scientific and Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Oxford
