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A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

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A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words

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2M3EH4G A recreation of various fighting dinosaurs. Detail of a diorama at the Gorodskoy Muzey, Museum, in Temirtau, Kazakhstan.

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Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought

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Historians dispute link between drought and rebellion in Roman Britain

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The Shroud of Turin bears DNA from many people, plants and animals

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Oldest known dog extends the genetic history of our canine companions

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The ancient Goths were an ethnically diverse group

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Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing

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Brutal Iron Age massacre may have targeted women and children

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The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human

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Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano

The Chincha Kingdom was transporting seabird excrement from islands to valleys as early as the 13th century, and this powerful fertiliser may have been key to its economic success

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The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed

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Is this carved rock an ancient Roman board game?

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Seafarers were visiting remote Arctic islands over 4000 years ago

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Why is childbirth so hard for humans – and is it getting even harder?

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