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Fossil skulls of four different species of Homo (clockwise from upper left): Homo neanderthalensis, Homo antecessor, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens. Each skull shows different anatomical variations. (Credit: creativemarc/Shutterstock)

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The indigenous inhabitants of Siberut Island (West Sumatra, Indonesia) are known as the Mentawai people. They live a seminomadic hunter-gatherer life in the coastal and rainforest environments of the island. (Credit: Chanwit Whanset/Shutterstock)

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Pottery figurine of an achondroplastic dwarf from an archeological site in Tachina, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, dated between 500 BCE and 500 AD. (Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Catalog No. 449562)

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Sword trauma that removed part of the left upper jaw and the right lower jaw so that no remaining teeth were in contact between the jaws. The adult male survived this injury. The skull is from an archeological burial site near the Stewart River,…

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Destruction of the lower portion of the fourth lumbar vertebra (arrow), probably caused by tuberculosis, from a young male skeleton found at the archeological burial site of Bâb edh-Dhrâ in Jordan, dated to approximately 3300 BCE. (Department of…

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The fused spine and ribs in a case of ankylosing spondylitis from an adult male found at a burial site near the Kuskokwim River, Alaska. (Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Catalog No. 351296)

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The effect of scurvy on the right side of the cranium of an 11-year-old child from the archeological site of Pachacamac, Peru. (Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Catalog No. 266599)

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Elements of stone flaking. (a) Relationship between the core and the flake. (b) Major feature of the ventral or release surface of the flake. (After I. Tattersall, E. Delson, and J. A. Van Couvering, eds., Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and…

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Principal techniques of stone-tool manufacture. (a) Hard-hammer, with free-hand percussion. (b) Anvil technique. (c) Bipolar technique. (d) Soft-hammer percussion. (e) Indirect percussion or punch technique. (f) Pressure flaking. (After I.…

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Potters from the village of Harappa, Pakistan, display their wares in front of a replica of a two-chambered kiln used by ancient potters in the Indus Valley civilization. (Photo courtesy of R. P. Wright)

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