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

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence is revealing their pivotal role

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Which humans first made tools or art – and how do we know?

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Photos of a newborn infant being carefully cradled by the medical professional helping to deliver it. The photos are taken from the perspective of the parent giving birth.

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

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Neanderthals

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Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area

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Ancient humans were seafaring far earlier than we realised

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Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool

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Jockeys compete in a race for purebred Arabian horses at the Liwa International Festival 2023, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

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A fascinating book reveals the ancient story of horses and humans

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Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

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Revealing the epic story of ancient humans: Best ideas of the century

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Revealing the epic story of ancient humans: Best ideas of the century

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New Ů��С��Ƶ’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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New Ů��С��Ƶ’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

A quarter of a century in, this is our definitive pick of the ideas in science and technology that are already transforming the world

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The hunt for where the last Neanderthals lived

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Hunting with poison arrows may have begun 60,000 years ago in Africa

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Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago

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