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The Sciences

Humanity's Early Ancestors Narrowly Escaped Extinction in a Frozen World

Polish skeleton

Some Stone Age Societies Avoided Farming in a Rapidly Changing Europe

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The Next Human Genome Challenge

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Ancient Workers Traveled From All Over to Reach Machu Picchu

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Planet Earth

Fact or Fiction: Why Are Small Dogs So Aggressive?

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Health

How Could Ancient Viruses Embedded in Our DNA Fight Cancer?

Dupuytren's disease

A Damaging Hand Disease Has Neanderthal Roots

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The Surprising Truth About the Skip in Your Step

Levens Park ring

The Plague Has Infected Europeans For at Least 4,000 Years

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What Do Chicken Feet Have to Say About the Evolution of Dinosaur Feathers?

Woolly mammoths fighting

Lost Genes Show How Woolly Mammoths Evolved

A Pictish stone in Scotland

Genetic Origins of Ancient Pict Warriors in Britain

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遗传学

人类早期祖先在冰冻世界中险些灭绝

一些石器时代社会在快速变化的欧洲避开了农业

下一个人类基因组挑战

古代工人在马丘比丘汇聚来自四面八方

真相还是虚构：为什么小型犬如此具有攻击性？

潜伏在我们DNA中的古代病毒如何对抗癌症？

一种损害性手部疾病源于尼安德特人

你脚步中的惊喜真相

鼠疫已感染欧洲人至少4000年

鸡爪能说明恐龙羽毛的进化什么？

丢失的基因揭示了披毛猛犸象的进化过程

古代皮克特战士在不列颠的基因起源

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