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Cover Stories
Egyptian pyramids built along long-lost Ahramat branch of the Nile
Seeing Red: Our Ancient Relationship With Ocher and the Color of Cognition
The Red Queen of Palenque
Scientists show ancient village adapted to drought, rising seas
More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers
What Does Play Tell Us About Human Evolution?
Property and Debt in Ancient Rome
The Ten Tombs
Why Culture Is Not the Only Tool for Defining Homo sapiens in Relation to Other Hominins
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