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3mo ago

Healed Cut on 100,000‑Year‑Old Jaw Suggests Early Sharp‑Force Trauma at Qafzeh

Researchers interpret a healed left‑side jaw lesion as possible evidence of sharp‑force violence with signs that the injured individual received communal care.

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8mo ago

Oldest Handheld Wooden Tools Found at 430,000-Year-Old Site in Greece

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9mo ago

Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

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11mo ago

Kenyan Site Shows 300,000 Years of Oldowan Toolmaking Through Climate Shifts

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Earliest European Blue Pigment Confirmed on 13,000-Year-Old German Artifact

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last yr.

Indigo Molecule Found on 34,000-Year-Old Tools Points to Early Plant Processing in Georgia

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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools from China Overturn East Asian Paleolithic Narratives

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

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Poland’s Mammoth Tusk Boomerang Dated to 40,000 Years Ago

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

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