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Space Archaeology

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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What Is the Difference Between Us and Chimpanzees?

imean: What is the gap between us and our closest living relatives to day? And then trying to think of how you're going to spot that in the archological record. Archaeology brings us back to the material and cultural record of our ancestors, says imean. One thing we might look for are attitudes to death, say, burial,. You know, when do we start to see the first burials? he asks.

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