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Cover Stories
Genetic admixture in the South Pacific: from Denisovans to the human immune response
Dating Stone Age middens using ostrich eggshells
Study: Scant evidence that ‘wood overuse’ at Cahokia caused collapse
Early Humans Evolved Modern Human-Like Brain Organization After First African Dispersal
Neanderthal ancestry identifies oldest modern human genome
Humans were apex predators for two million years
Early humans in the Kalahari were as innovative as their coastal neighbors
Ancient genomes trace the origin and decline of the Scythians
The world’s earliest stone technologies are likely to be older than previously thought
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