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Earliest Known Wooden Tools Are 430,000 Years Old, And They’re Remarkably Well PreservedA reconstruction of the suspected digging stick or multifunctional tool found at Marathousa 1.

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Earliest Known Wooden Tools Are 430,000 Years Old, And They’re Remarkably Well PreservedA reconstruction of the suspected digging stick or multifunctional tool found at Marathousa 1.
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Earliest Known Wooden Tools Are 430,000 Years Old, And They’re Remarkably Well Preserved

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These Extinct Ice Age Giant Ground Sloths Were Fans Of "Cannonball Fruit", Something We Still Eat Todayeremotherium reaching into a tree for cannonball fruit

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These Extinct Ice Age Giant Ground Sloths Were Fans Of "Cannonball Fruit", Something We Still Eat Todayeremotherium reaching into a tree for cannonball fruit
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These Extinct Ice Age Giant Ground Sloths Were Fans Of "Cannonball Fruit", Something We Still Eat Today

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400,000-Year-Old Fossil Shows Butchering Elephants Helped Early Humans To Supersize Their ToolsStraight-tusked elephant bones at Casal Lumbroso

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400,000-Year-Old Fossil Shows Butchering Elephants Helped Early Humans To Supersize Their ToolsStraight-tusked elephant bones at Casal Lumbroso
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400,000-Year-Old Fossil Shows Butchering Elephants Helped Early Humans To Supersize Their Tools

clock-iconOctober 8, 2025
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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools “Made By Denisovans” Discovered In ChinaResearchers excavating 300,000-year-old wooden tools at Gantangqing, China

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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools “Made By Denisovans” Discovered In ChinaResearchers excavating 300,000-year-old wooden tools at Gantangqing, China
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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools “Made By Denisovans” Discovered In China

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South American Forests Are Still Missing Their Mastodons 10,000 Years LaterArtist's reconstruction of Notiomastodon platensis feeding on Chilean palm fruit, now endangered by the big beasts' extinction.

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South American Forests Are Still Missing Their Mastodons 10,000 Years LaterArtist's reconstruction of Notiomastodon platensis feeding on Chilean palm fruit, now endangered by the big beasts' extinction.
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South American Forests Are Still Missing Their Mastodons 10,000 Years Later

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World’s First Known Fossilized Pangolin Tracks May Have Been Discovered In South Africatop-down view of a fossilized pangolin trackway; the footprints appear as divots in the rock

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World’s First Known Fossilized Pangolin Tracks May Have Been Discovered In South Africatop-down view of a fossilized pangolin trackway; the footprints appear as divots in the rock
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World’s First Known Fossilized Pangolin Tracks May Have Been Discovered In South Africa

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Humans Have Had Projectile Weapon Technology For 300,000 YearsPrehistoric hunter with throwing spear

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Humans Have Had Projectile Weapon Technology For 300,000 YearsPrehistoric hunter with throwing spear
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Humans Have Had Projectile Weapon Technology For 300,000 Years

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Saber-Teeth Are Perfect For Biting So Why Are Their Owners All Extinct?Sabre-toothed cats such as this model were terrifying and effective hunters, so why are they extinct?

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Saber-Teeth Are Perfect For Biting So Why Are Their Owners All Extinct?Sabre-toothed cats such as this model were terrifying and effective hunters, so why are they extinct?
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Saber-Teeth Are Perfect For Biting So Why Are Their Owners All Extinct?

clock-iconJanuary 9, 2025
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World First 35,000-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Kitten Found Mummified In PermafrostA side view of the saber-toothed cat's head, recently discovered in Siberian permafrost.

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World First 35,000-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Kitten Found Mummified In PermafrostA side view of the saber-toothed cat's head, recently discovered in Siberian permafrost.
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World First 35,000-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Kitten Found Mummified In Permafrost

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People May Have Exported Marsupials From Australia 42,000 Years Agokangaroo photographed in an area with lots of green grass and trees in the background; she is facing the camera, as is her joey whose head is visible sticking out of her pouch

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People May Have Exported Marsupials From Australia 42,000 Years Agokangaroo photographed in an area with lots of green grass and trees in the background; she is facing the camera, as is her joey whose head is visible sticking out of her pouch
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People May Have Exported Marsupials From Australia 42,000 Years Ago

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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Provide Rare Insight Into Neanderthal SocietySchöningen spears as presented at an exhibition of the Forschungsmuseum Schöningen. Only a two confirmed older wooden tools have been found.

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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Provide Rare Insight Into Neanderthal SocietySchöningen spears as presented at an exhibition of the Forschungsmuseum Schöningen. Only a two confirmed older wooden tools have been found.
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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Provide Rare Insight Into Neanderthal Society

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Early Humans Hunted And Ate Beavers 400,000 Years Agoclose up of a beaver

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Early Humans Hunted And Ate Beavers 400,000 Years Agoclose up of a beaver
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Early Humans Hunted And Ate Beavers 400,000 Years Ago

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Perfectly Frozen Baby Woolly Mammoths Reveal Secrets Of Prehistoric PachydermsA photograph of Lyuba’s external appearance prior to any internal examination.

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Perfectly Frozen Baby Woolly Mammoths Reveal Secrets Of Prehistoric PachydermsA photograph of Lyuba’s external appearance prior to any internal examination.
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Perfectly Frozen Baby Woolly Mammoths Reveal Secrets Of Prehistoric Pachyderms

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How Neanderthals Managed To Take Down Giant Elephants 125,000 Years AgoPalaeoloxodon antiquus, the straight-tusked elephant

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How Neanderthals Managed To Take Down Giant Elephants 125,000 Years AgoPalaeoloxodon antiquus, the straight-tusked elephant
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How Neanderthals Managed To Take Down Giant Elephants 125,000 Years Ago

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300,000-Year-Old Hunting Weapon Proves Ancient Humans Were Expert WoodworkersSchoningen hunting sticks

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300,000-Year-Old Hunting Weapon Proves Ancient Humans Were Expert WoodworkersSchoningen hunting sticks
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300,000-Year-Old Hunting Weapon Proves Ancient Humans Were Expert Woodworkers

clock-iconJuly 19, 2023
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