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Ancient humans hunted animals by throwing a stick like a boomerang

Analysis of a wooden stick thought to be around 300,000 years old suggests it was designed to be thrown rotationally, rather than as a spear

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Sunrise over Ahu Tongariki Moai in Easter Island, Chile

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The societies proving that inequality and patriarchy aren't inevitable

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Artistic artefacts are rewriting the timeline of ancient South America

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Tam Pà Ling cave in northern Laos, where several human fossils dating back tens of thousands of years have been found

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Fossils in Laos cave imply modern humans were in Asia 86,000 years ago

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Metin Eren at Kent State University demonstrates flintknapping to make stone tools

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Ancient humans may have risked their lives making stone tools

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Humans were kissing at least 4500 years ago, reveal ancient texts

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D4A3HW Billboard in London Bridge advertising the Channel 4 series Black Mirror

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Why we shouldn't fill our minds with endless tales of dystopia

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Ancient bacteria genome reconstructed from Neanderthal tooth gunk

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

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Ljubljana Marshes Wheel with axle (oldest wooden wheel yet discovered)

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Can we ever know who invented the wheel?

Some of the most important inventions – wheels, nets and the written word – have creators lost to time, even though their impact shaped the world we live in

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

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It's now or never – we need to achieve a sustainable human population

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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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