Archaeology

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Oldest hand axes found

Homo erectus may have made both advanced and simple tools 1.76 million years ago.

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Bone may display oldest art in Americas

A mammoth engraved on a fossil may date from at least 13,000 year ago.

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Ancestral gals roamed, guys stayed home

Females in two ancient hominid species may have left their home groups to find mates.

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Stone Age cold case baffles scientists

Stone-tool makers who hunkered down near Arctic Circle left uncertain clues to their identity.

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Humans

Soothing loneliness with Facebook, plus mapping crowds and making a good first impression in this week’s news.

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Killing fields of ancient Syria revealed

Stone corrals were used to trap whole herds of animals for mass slaughter.

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Go east, ancient tool makers

New finds put African hand ax makers in India as early as 1.5 million years ago.

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A new glimpse at the earliest Americans

Along a stream in central Texas, archaeologists have found a campsite occupied at the tail end of the Ice Age.

Archaeology

Pueblo traded for chocolate big-time

New evidence of ancient Pueblo cacao drinking feeds a theory of long-distance trade.

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Iron Age goldsmith retooled

An ancient warrior's tomb brings back jewelry making from 2,400 years ago.

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Humans

A child’s remains reveal early North American life, plus ancient canines and convincing metaphors in this week’s news.

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Hints of earlier human exit from Africa

New finds suggest surprisingly early migrations by Homo sapiens out of Africa through an oasis-studded Arabia.