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Ancient Roman air pollution caused climate change in Europe
The Roman Empire produced so much air pollution from fires in homes and on farms that it had a detectable cooling effect on the regional climate
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Peasants in medieval England ate a diet of meat stew and cheese
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Did we split from Neanderthals 400,000 years earlier than we thought?
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Skeletons: the frame of life
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Traces of five drugs found on 1000-year-old South American ritual kit
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Foragers may have settled in the Amazon 10,000 years ago
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Ancient urine reveals early prehistory of domestic sheep and goats
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New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines
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The world’s largest stone circle started out as a humble ancient home
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Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA
Starting 5000 years ago, the Yamnaya embarked on a violent conquest of Europe. Now genetic analysis tells their tale for the first time
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Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind
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Why I believe humans were in Australia much earlier than we thought
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Life
Sea otter archaeology could tell us about their 2-million-year history
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Ancient humans thrived in rainforests by hunting monkeys and squirrels
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