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Ancient bacteria genome reconstructed from Neanderthal tooth gunk

Researchers pieced together the genomes of two unknown species of green sulphur bacteria from DNA fragments found in ancient calcified tooth plaque

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DNA from 25,000-year-old tooth pendant reveals woman who wore it

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Can we ever know who invented the wheel?

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Ljubljana Marshes Wheel with axle (oldest wooden wheel yet discovered)
Quaternary Science Reviews reporting that people at the Border Cave site may have roasted and eaten snails 170,000 years ago.

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Ancient humans may have cooked and eaten snails 170,000 years ago

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HHXJTH Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

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The archaeologists recreating the secrets of prehistoric technology

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Stone flakes made by monkeys cast doubt on ancient human 'tools'

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Plaster bust of philosopher Anaximander and group of other busts. Portraits of ancient historical persons. Mass-product souvenir in Turkey. Copy space, selected focus; Shutterstock ID 2261783295; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Anaximander review: Did Anaximander create science, asks Carlo Rovelli

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Earliest signs of horse riding found in 5000-year-old human remains

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Ancient arrowheads

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Some of the earliest modern humans in Europe used bows and arrows

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Early hominin Paranthropus may have used sophisticated stone tools

Stone tools discovered in Kenya are the oldest Oldowan-type implements found, dating back at least 2.6 million years, and they may have been made by our relative Paranthropus

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Paranthropus, early human relative

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Neolithic complex dubbed ‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to UK public

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Milk may have fuelled a growth spurt in ancient Europeans

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Mysterious symbols in cave paintings may be earliest form of writing

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When did hominins start cooking? It might be earlier than we thought

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