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Ancient mammoth tusk found in Siberia is engraved with fighting camels
A 13,000-year-old mammoth tusk has engravings of camels fighting and being hunted, plus an image of a human with a camel鈥檚 hump on their body
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Mysterious Stone Age flint artefacts may be crude sculptures of humans
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Blackbeard crashed his pirate ship on purpose because it leaked
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Stone Age ruling elite in Ireland may have had incestuous marriages
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An artist carved this tiny bird sculpture 13,000 years ago in China
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Forerunner to the Great Wall of China mapped in detail for first time
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We’ve just found the largest and oldest Mayan monument yet
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Ancient Egyptians saw the sky as crumbling iron tub filled with water
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I’m a space archaeologist studying junk strewn across the solar system
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An AI can tell whether ancient faeces came from a person or a dog
Archaeologists can learn a lot about ancient people by analysing their faeces, but only if they can be sure the remains weren鈥檛 left by a dog. Now AI can help
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Monkeys made their way from Africa to South America at least twice
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Oldest ever piece of string was made by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago
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Farming and art arose in New Guinea at same time as Europe and Asia
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The stunning east Asian city that dates to the dawn of civilisation
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