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World’s northernmost Palaeolithic settlement found on Kotelny island in the Arctic

Ancient hunters butchered woolly mammoths at Taba-Yuryakh site some 26,000 years ago.

Sledding dogs are far older than previously thought, enabling man to hunt hibernating polar bears

Neanderthal woman’s walk of love some 90,000 years ago between two caves 106 km apart

World’s northernmost Palaeolithic settlement found on Kotelny island in the Arctic

Sledding dogs are far older than previously thought, enabling man to hunt hibernating polar bears

Neanderthal woman’s walk of love some 90,000 years ago between two caves 106 km apart

Ancient girl Amazon warrior no older than 13 is confirmed by modern scientific techniques

Race to unravel mystery of 1908 Tunguska catastrophe - the world’s biggest explosion

Cooking secrets of the Neolithic era revealed in groundbreaking scientific tests

60,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘Swiss Army Knife’ found in Siberian cave

Schoolgirl finds the world’s oldest lemming preserved in permafrost and dating back 41,000 years

Cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk found at Denisova Cave

20,000-year-old mammoth murder established: but was it committed by first American migrants?

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Lifelike face of a tattooed Tashtyk man seen for first time behind a stunning gypsum death mask

Aged 25 to 30 when he died 1,700 years ago, he is from the mountainous region of modern-day Khakassia.

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Alfresco art gallery ‘shows woolly mammoths and rhinos depicted by our ancestors 15,000 years ago’

Petroglyphs some 7,000 years older than earlier thought with ancients artists using same style in Siberia and Mongolia.

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Mystery of unique 2,100-year-old human clay head - with a ram’s skull inside

Modern fluoroscopy identifies sheep bones inside the Tagar culture death mask.

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Neanderthals made two epic invasions of Siberia, says new study

Cold-defying conquests traced to 120,000 years ago when they crossbred with Denisovans, and 60,000 years ago when they collected sparkling crystals.

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Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

Evidence of the dinosaurs found at Teete locality in Yakutia, just 450 km south of the Arctic Circle.

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Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change

Forests on the march thanks to global warming, says new research by Krasnoyarsk Science Centre.

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Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow
Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

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Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times
Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

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Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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