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Members of the Tsimané group

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Hunter-gatherer groups are much less egalitarian than they seem

There is a widespread belief that altruism and equality drive social behaviour in traditional hunter-gatherer societies, but the truth is more surprising and complex

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Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

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Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

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The megalithic graveyard of Carrowkeel in Sligo, Ireland

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Ireland's iconic megalithic tombs may have had an unexpected function

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Enigmatic people who took over Europe millennia ago came from Ukraine

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An iconic tram driving along California Street with a motion blur effect

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A gripping account of morality shows how we work out right from wrong

Culture

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Ancient artefacts suggest Australian ritual endured for 12,000 years

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Maya ornament

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Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a new dynasty

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Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

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Carved giant sloth bones may have been worn as personal ornaments

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Early humans made jewellery from giant sloth bones

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A woman with her daughter observes the pictures of people who lost their lives during the Guatemalan civil war, as forensic anthropologists from the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG) exhume the bodies of one of four mass graves in La Verbena cemetery, in Guatemla City on March 6, 2010, as part of a search to find the 889 people who disappeared during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996). AFP PHOTO/Johan ORDONEZ (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Still Life With Bones review: Harrowing account of exposing genocide

TV dramas use tidy, cleaned-up bones to crack crimes in minutes, but an unvarnished account by forensic anthropologist Alexa Hagerty shows the slow horror of exhuming people killed by repressive regimes

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

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Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

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New human species has been named Homo bodoensis - but it may not stick

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Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools

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