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Celtic tribe’s DNA points to female empowerment in pre-Roman Britain
Genetic evidence from Iron Age Britain shows that women tended to stay within their ancestral communities, suggesting that social networks revolved around women
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Intricate ancient tattoos revealed by shining lasers on mummies
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Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do
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People ate lots of foxes and wildcats 10,000 years ago
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How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans
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Ancient checked dress may be Europe’s oldest two-colour garment
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Stonehenge may have been built to unify people of ancient Britain
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Butchered bones tell of shocking massacre in prehistoric Britain
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High-tech archaeology shows we aren’t the first to endure hard times
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Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago
Earthen channels that span more than 640 kilometres show that pre-Mayan Mesoamericans built large-scale fish-trapping facilities earlier than previously thought
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How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans
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12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tools
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DNA analysis rewrites the stories of people buried in Pompeii
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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?
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