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Composite showing an illustrated ancient funeral procession approaching an open grave, a blue map of Scotland and a close-up of bone with arrows highlighting surface markings.

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This Iron Age woman had her brain scooped out. Why?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two traditional thatched-roof huts made of mud and wood standing in a grassy field, decorated with striking red, white, and yellow painted geometric patterns under a blue sky.

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Overhead view of a human skeleton buried in a seated position within a circular pit at an archaeological excavation in Dijon, France.

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These Iron Age bodies were all buried in the same bizarre way. What does it mean?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Close-up of archaeologists using hand tools and brushes to excavate a deposit of animal bones, soil and flat stones around Structure 10 at the Ness of Brodgar.

Stone Age

An ancient mystery is hiding under one of Scotland's major archaeological sites – and it's about to be dug up

A human skull overlaid on a map of the Americas, symbolising early human migration into the continent.

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When did humans first reach the Americas? Scientists are still battling over the truth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Three prehistoric objects showing engraved markings, including a carved bone, a small decorated plaque, and a stone figure with incised lines.

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40,000 years ago, our ancestors left these strange symbols behind. What do they really mean?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image showing Iron Age stone work against a green landscape.

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For decades, this prehistoric grave was a mystery. Have its dark secrets now been revealed?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Inuit hunter pursues a walrus from a skin-covered kayak in a historical illustration. Lightweight, seal-skin watercraft like these were a foundation of Arctic life, enabling hunters to travel, hunt and survive across some of the most dangerous waters on the planet.

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4,500 years ago, Arctic Greenland's Paleo-Inuit made terrifying ocean voyages. Why did they risk it?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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This replica painting from the Cave of Altamira in northern Spain recreates some of the remarkable Upper Palaeolithic images created by early humans between 35,000 and 14,000 years ago. Celebrated for their vivid depictions of animals and handprints, Altamira’s cave paintings are among the earliest known examples of human artistic expression.

General prehistory

Think men were always the hunters? Stone Age women took down mammoths too – and that's not all

Illustration of Neolithic druids performing a ceremony at the Stonehenge stone circle.

General prehistory

A Bronze Age Brexit: why did these Britons mysteriously cut themselves off from Europe?

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

General prehistory

Your guide to Neanderthals, plus 7 fascinating facts

A model of the face of a Neanderthal woman in front of art depicting a prehistoric environment

General prehistory

When and why did Neanderthals go extinct? Explaining the loss of humanity's ancient siblings

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Cave painting showing animals being hunted.

General prehistoryvideoVideo5 key things to know about prehistoric cave art

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The Eridge Hunt, Boxing Day 1952

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A brief history of Boxing Day

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Explore8 little-known prehistoric sites in Britain

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A photo of Stonehenge with plains in the background

General prehistory

Secrets of StonehengeWhen & how was it built?

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Tourists at Stonehenge. We have no better idea today than 200 years ago what the people who erected these sarsens truly believed. (Getty Images)

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Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors: A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials

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Alice Roberts“Graves are like time capsules – little microcosms of prehistoric culture". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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