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Someone made advanced stone tools in India 172,000 years ago

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Someone made advanced stone tools in India 172,000 years ago

A cache of stone tools found in south India reveals that the hominins living there over 170,000 years ago already had advanced tool-making skills  

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Ancient jawbone suggests humans left Africa 50,000 years earlier

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Ancient jawbone suggests humans left Africa 50,000 years earlier

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Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age

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Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

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Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

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Ancient jawbone suggests humans left Africa 50,000 years earlier

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Ancient jawbone suggests humans left Africa 50,000 years earlier

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The fossil finder who can't wait to return to war-torn Yemen

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The origin of insect wings has been revealed by gene editing

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The origin of insect wings has been revealed by gene editing

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To enjoy Robert Newman’s gig, park your scientific scepticism

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To enjoy Robert Newman’s gig, park your scientific scepticism

Culture

Lemurs

Life

All other primates live their lives according to a simple rule

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Arsonist falcons suggest birds discovered fire before humans did

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Arsonist falcons suggest birds discovered fire before humans did

Multiple eyewitness accounts describe Australian birds of prey deliberately setting wildfires by carrying burning sticks, in order to flush out prey

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Space

The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead

Culture

Life

Plants use sand armour to break teeth of attacking caterpillars

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Earth

Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree

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Life

Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time

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