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430,000-year-old wooden handheld tools from Greece are the oldest on record — and they predate modern humansArchaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.
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160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiensArchaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.
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480,000-year-old ax sharpener is the oldest known elephant bone tool ever discovered in EuropeThe "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a million years ago.
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World's oldest known rock art predates modern humans' entrance into Europe — and it was found in an Indonesian caveThe hand stencil is more than 1,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence of rock art.
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2.6 million-year-old jaw from extinct 'Nutcracker Man' is found where we didn't expect itA fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new information about diversity in human evolution.
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Human origins quiz: How well do you know the story of humanity?Think you know about our human relatives? Take our quiz to find out — and remember, it's human to make mistakes.
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Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like featuresScientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.
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Homo erectus wasn't the first human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago, fossils suggestA new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago.
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Tiny bump on 7 million-year-old fossil suggests ancient ape walked upright — and might even be a human ancestorThe way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone is "beyond convincing" evidence this ape was bipedal.
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