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Facial reconstruction of the Trumpington Cross burial woman by Hew Morrison

Face of Anglo-Saxon teen VIP revealed with new evidence about her life

20 Jun 2023

The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge in the 7th century with the ‘Trumpington Cross’ has been reconstructed following analysis of her...

A rare discovery will shed new light on Mycenaean funerary practices

14 Sep 2017

The discovery this summer of an impressive rock-cut tomb on a mountainside in Prosilio, near ancient Orchomenos in central Greece, will shed new light...

Out of Asia: ancient genome lays to rest origins of Americas’ first humans

12 Feb 2014

The genome of a child who died some 12,600 years ago in Montana – the oldest known human remains from North America – has been sequenced for the first...

The body snatchers: corpse and effect

30 Oct 2012

Corpses sold for dissection by body snatchers helped improve understanding of how the human body worked, according to a new book that brings together...

From foraging to farming: the 10,000-year revolution

23 Mar 2012

Excavation of 19,000-year-old hunter-gatherer remains, including a vast camp site, is fuelling a reinterpretation of the greatest fundamental shift in...

Was the fox prehistoric man’s best friend?

31 Jan 2011

Early humans may have preferred the fox to the dog as an animal companion, new archaeological findings suggest.

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Face of Anglo-Saxon teen VIP revealed with new evidence about her life

A rare discovery will shed new light on Mycenaean funerary practices

Out of Asia: ancient genome lays to rest origins of Americas’ first humans

The body snatchers: corpse and effect

From foraging to farming: the 10,000-year revolution

Was the fox prehistoric man’s best friend?

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