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Paleolithic dog

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Stone Age dog skeleton hints at complex early relationship with pets

A nearly complete skeleton found in a cave in France belonged to a group known as the Palaeolithic dogs and its skeleton suggests it had a confusing relationship with humans

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A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone tools

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Stone Age network reveals ancient Paris was an artisanal trading hub

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Neanderthals hunt a cave bear.

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Gravity may explain why Neanderthals failed to adopt advanced weaponry

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The Porc-Epic Cave

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Cave art pigments show how ancient technology changed over 4500 years

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Researchers Michelle Bebber holding an atlatl weapon

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Women and men throw spears equally well using ancient atlatl tool

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Metin Eren at Kent State University demonstrates flintknapping to make stone tools

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Ancient humans may have risked their lives making 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

Stone tools found in Fordwich in Canterbury may have been made by an early human called Homo heidelbergensis

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Health

A third of people aged over 70 are sexually active, survey reveals

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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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