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Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

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Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

A new analysis of a rare hominin specimen has revealed what may be the earliest known dental abscess – a painful mass of pus growing inside the jaw – in the Homo genus

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Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

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Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

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Breathing in before doing something may actually make you better at it

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Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

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Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

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Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

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How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

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How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

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How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

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Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

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Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole

Fossils suggest that a 3.6-million-year-old early human ancestor called "Little Foot" may have died in a violent encounter with a primitive baboon

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Humans

2019 Preview: Teeth will reveal our species’ deep evolutionary past

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Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2018’s science stories

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The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018

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Our primate ancestors may have originated in Europe or North America

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