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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

Ludovic Orlando's Horses is an enthralling account by one of the main players, detailing how genetics has rewritten what we know about the intertwined story of horses and humans, now spanning over 4000 years

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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 Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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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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Homo heidelbergensis tribe killing an elephant

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Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago

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Ella Al-Shamahi presents a Neanderthal skull

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The ancient human species we once co-existed with

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Page 264 233. In the centre front, two pairs of seated humans drink from the same gourd and two other pairs are engraved behind. At the back right are petroglyphs of two pairs of mirrored ostriches and two armed men with triangular-shaped torsos. Bronze and Iron Age, Abragz bin Samra, Great Nafud Desert, northern Saudi Arabia. Photo 2020.

Humans

Ancient rock art revealed in all its glory in stunning photographs

Images capture the remarkable variety of petroglyphs etched into rock across a wide swathe of land, from Mongolia to the Sahara

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The most amazing archaeology photos and discoveries of 2025

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Oldest evidence of fire-lighting comes from early humans in Britain

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Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?

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2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

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