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In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

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Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh ...

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Researchers in China have uncovered 55,000-year-old advanced tools, suggesting an unknown human species matched Neanderthal ...

Keliang Zhao from China's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology looked at ... She also found polish from using the tools on meat, hides and soft plants. Our new discovery of Quina ...

Keliang Zhao from China's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology looked at ... She also found polish from ...

While preparing to build a power substation next to a Utah residential subdivision, a prehistoric field of dinosaur and other ...

What traces will humanity leave embedded in ancient strata of rock for future paleontologists to detect, study and puzzle over? It’s a question two scientists aim to answer in a new book.