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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age

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A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from eight people

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Stone Age network reveals ancient Paris was an artisanal trading hub

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Group of modified swords analysed with neutron tomography

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Many Iron Age swords may be tainted by modern forgery

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2CTJX4J Truth sandwich journalism concept on standard practice for reporting debunking lies, i.e. to report the facts, then the lie, then reiterate the truth

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We're homing in on the best ways to tackle misinformation

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The archaeologist fighting claims about an advanced lost civilisation

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The archaeologist fighting claims about an advanced lost civilisation

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Neanderthals hunt a cave bear.

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Gravity may explain why Neanderthals failed to adopt advanced weaponry

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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out

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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out

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Ancient DNA tells story of toddler who lived in Italy 17,000 years ago

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Forests became less diverse when ancient people started herding pigs

Ancient DNA extracted from layers of sediment in a Czech forest shows how a drop in biodiversity coincided with a shift to pig herding about 4000 years ago

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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

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When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?

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Why the amazing Altamura Man fossil remains a mystery

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Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

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