12,000-Year-Old Spindles Hint at Humanity’s First Steps Toward the Wheel

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Five experimental spindles and whorls experimented with by the team.

Ancient Tunic in Greek Tomb Belonged to Alexander the Great, Controversial Study Claims

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Royal tomb of Phillip II

What Was the First Recreational Drug?

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Artifacts in Island Cave Push Back Arrival of Humans in the Pacific

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A person demonstrates lighting a fire with tree resin.

Prehistoric Paintings Found in the Amazon Depict Supernatural Figures

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Rock art found in Colombia's Amazon rainforest

Critical Windows Into Early Human Evolution Recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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View of the shoreline at Pinnacle Point from boat

Human ‘Hobbit’ Fossils Surprise Scientists With Smaller and More Ancient Specimens

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The humerus fragment (left) compared to another H.

New Study Suggests ‘Screaming Mummy’ Died in Agony

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The screaming mummy as photographed in 1939.

The real Paleo diet was heavy on plants with very little meat, according to a study of early human remains

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An actor re-enacts a pre-agriculture man holding up a meaty bone.

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Scientists Reconstruct 12-Million-Year-Old Ape Skull

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A team of paleoanthropologists has assembled the only known cranium of the extinct ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, revealing how the ape’s face looked. The reconstruction allows them to place Pierolapithecus on the hominid family tree and improves our understanding of how the ape moved around Spain some 12 million…

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