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Cave art pigments show how ancient technology changed over 4500 years

The source of ochre minerals used by Stone Age humans in an Ethiopian cave changed over a 4500-year period, although it is unclear why

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Women and men throw spears equally well using ancient atlatl tool

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Researchers Michelle Bebber holding an atlatl weapon

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Ancient humans may have risked their lives making stone tools

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Metin Eren at Kent State University demonstrates flintknapping to make stone tools
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Bone fragment reveals humans wore leather clothes 39,000 years ago

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MARSEILLE, FRANCE - APRIL 20:Views of the cave paintings Cosquer cave in Marseille before the official opening the 4 june on April 20, 2022 in Marseille, France. As the replica cave officially opens its doors to visitors on June 4,2022,a team of archaeologists and divers are racing to save the ancient underwater cave paintings from climate change and marine pollution in south-east France. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)

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Cave paintings of mutilated hands could be a Stone Age sign language

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A selection of flint artefacts excavated at the site

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UK’s earliest hand axes were made by ancient humans 560,000 years ago

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Photograph showing ambient light levels and the position of replica plaquettes in relation to the fire during experiment E.

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Stone Age Europeans may have gathered to watch animations by the fire

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Stones smashed by horses can be mistaken for ancient human tools

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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

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Lost art of the Stone Age: The cave paintings redrawing human history

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Ancient Britons extracted salt from seawater more than 5500 years ago

A Stone Age pit found in north-east England was probably used to obtain salt from seawater – thousands of years before Britons were thought to have the technology

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Australia's oldest known rock art is a 17,000-year-old kangaroo

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Stone Age Europeans used human bones to make arrowheads

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Stone Age Europeans used human bones to make arrowheads

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‘Bonehenge’: Stone Age structure of mammoth bones discovered in Russia

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‘Bonehenge’: Stone Age structure of mammoth bones discovered in Russia

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The epic ocean journey that took Stone Age people to Australia

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