General prehistory

Zdeněk Burian’s painting from 1952 offers a sympathetic portrayal of Neanderthals practising cannibalism. Self-assurance, even contentment, emanate from “It appears as a calm response to death, rather than murderous carnage,” writes Rebecca Wragg Sykes. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

General prehistory

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A statue of Tollund Man, a bog body from the Iron Age. (Photo by Getty Images)

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An aerial photo of Stonehenge

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The Eridge Hunt, Boxing Day 1952. (Photo by REX/Associated Newspapers)

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A Neanderthal skull and some of the tools used by the Neanderthals. (Photo by Getty Images)

General prehistory

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Head and shoulders of a sculpted model of a female Neanderthal

General prehistory

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An 18th-century marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare, a British neo-classical sculptor. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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General prehistory

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Newgrange Passage Tombs, Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland. (Photo by Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Stonehenge: Not a henge, but certainly a stone circle, and a very long-lived centre of human activity. (Getty Images)

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The front facade of the prehistoric chambered tomb of Wayland's Smithy

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A Pictish stone carving featuring a salmon

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Image of a medieval skull showing arrow injury

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View of the Norse Buildings, L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland. (Photo by Alamy)

General prehistory

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Old Norse: Page from the manuscript Codex Regius, which was written in Iceland and contains the poems of elder Edda. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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