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Creation Lake author Rachel Kushner on the 'ultimate writer's task'

In her thrilling new climate fiction novel Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner explores the isolated life of an undercover operative who infiltrates an environmental activist group.

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Ancient Egyptians shaped sheep's horns – and we don't know why

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Ancient Egyptians shaped sheep's horns – and we don't know why

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

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A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from eight people

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Stone Age network reveals ancient Paris was an artisanal trading hub

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Group of modified swords analysed with neutron tomography

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Many Iron Age swords may be tainted by modern forgery

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2CTJX4J Truth sandwich journalism concept on standard practice for reporting debunking lies, i.e. to report the facts, then the lie, then reiterate the truth

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We're homing in on the best ways to tackle misinformation

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The archaeologist fighting claims about an advanced lost civilisation

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The archaeologist fighting claims about an advanced lost civilisation

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Neanderthals hunt a cave bear.

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Gravity may explain why Neanderthals failed to adopt advanced weaponry

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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out

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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out

Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them

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Ancient DNA tells story of toddler who lived in Italy 17,000 years ago

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Forests became less diverse when ancient people started herding pigs

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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

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When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?

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