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In the largest study of its kind, researchers have used DNA from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France to reconstruct the lives of everyday Neolithic people.
The rectangular stone structures known as mustatils were used thousands of years ago for sacrificing animals to an unknown deity – perhaps in response to ancient climate change.
A folklorist explains how Halloween continues an ancient Celtic tradition of the celebration of the dead.
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Professor of Anthropology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Sydney
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Mathematics Lecturer and Ancient DNA Researcher, University of Adelaide
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Paléogénéticienne, Université de Bordeaux
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Professor of Neolithic Archaeology, Cardiff University
