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Neanderthals Fossil Discoveries Tool Making Hominins Hominin Footprints Tool Use Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens Copper Age Footprints

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Repeated Deep‑Cave Burning at Wonderwerk Cave Dated to About 1.07–1.79 Million Years Ago

A novel, non‑destructive bone‑luminescence test supported by cosmogenic plus paleomagnetic dating suggests hominins carried and maintained embers inside the cave rather than making fire there.

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Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

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New Evidence Suggests Hominins Used Fire in Wonderwerk Cave 1.07–1.8 Million Years Ago

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Early Homo Used Recurrent In‑Cave Fires Nearly 1.8 Million Years Ago

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Neanderthal Tooth Shows 59,000-Year-Old Dental Treatment

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Neandertal Tooth Shows Stone-Tool Drilling as Oldest Evidence of Complex Dental Care

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Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

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Oldest Known Handheld Wooden Tools, 430,000 Years Old, Unearthed in Greece

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Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage

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Study Finds Cannibalised Neanderthal Women and Children at Belgium's Goyet Caves 45,000 Years Ago

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Study Finds Early Humans in Italy Butchered Straight‑Tusked Elephants and Turned Bones Into Tools

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Portugal’s First Neanderthal Footprints Point to Coastal Living and Hunting Tactics

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New Tests Date Greece’s Petralona Skull to at Least 277,000 Years

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850,000-Year-Old Child Vertebra Reveals Europe’s Earliest Cannibalism

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Child Vertebra With Cut Marks Confirms Cannibalism by Homo antecessor at Atapuerca

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Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

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Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint

Human Evolution

Repeated Deep‑Cave Burning at Wonderwerk Cave Dated to About 1.07–1.79 Million Years Ago

Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

New Evidence Suggests Hominins Used Fire in Wonderwerk Cave 1.07–1.8 Million Years Ago

Early Homo Used Recurrent In‑Cave Fires Nearly 1.8 Million Years Ago

Neanderthal Tooth Shows 59,000-Year-Old Dental Treatment

Neandertal Tooth Shows Stone-Tool Drilling as Oldest Evidence of Complex Dental Care

Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

Oldest Known Handheld Wooden Tools, 430,000 Years Old, Unearthed in Greece

Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage

Study Finds Cannibalised Neanderthal Women and Children at Belgium's Goyet Caves 45,000 Years Ago

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Human Evolution

Study Finds Early Humans in Italy Butchered Straight‑Tusked Elephants and Turned Bones Into Tools

Portugal’s First Neanderthal Footprints Point to Coastal Living and Hunting Tactics

New Tests Date Greece’s Petralona Skull to at Least 277,000 Years

850,000-Year-Old Child Vertebra Reveals Europe’s Earliest Cannibalism

Child Vertebra With Cut Marks Confirms Cannibalism by Homo antecessor at Atapuerca

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

Science Advances Paper Corroborates 23,000-Year-Old White Sands Footprints

Forensic Police Authenticate 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint in Spain

Study Dates Earliest European Whale Bone Tools to 20,000 Years Ago

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint

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