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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa
We thought the first Homo species evolved in East Africa 2.8 million years ago, but stone tools from Algeria suggest our origins may have spanned the continent
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Unearthed! The missing Native American city on the Great Plains
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Daniel Antoine: The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies
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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from
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Tree rings reveal plague hit medieval Europe鈥檚 construction industry
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Every man in Spain was wiped out 4500 years ago by hostile invaders
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We thought the Incas couldn’t write. These knots change everything
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We may have reached Madagascar 6000 years earlier than once thought
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Iran’s Pompeii: Astounding story of a massacre buried for millennia
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World鈥檚 first drawing is a red crayon doodle made 73,000 years ago
Early humans made red ochre crayon to draw lines on small rock 73,000 years ago. It was probably part of a larger artwork
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A huge water-powered factory helped make food for Roman sailors
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Doomed crew seeking Northwest Passage didn鈥檛 die from lead poisoning
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The ancient palaces of Iraq glittered with a special type of glass
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5000-year-old monument was built by a society without leaders
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