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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 days ago

A foraging teenager was mauled by a bear 27,000 years ago, skeleton shows

We have little physical evidence of these interactions turning violent, however, because burials were rare and carnivores were more likely to finish off their prey. That's why the embellished burial site of a 15-year-old from 27,000 years ago is an important window into the past: the teenager's bones indicate he was mauled by a bear. The finding represents some of the first evidence of its kind.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

Ancient humans in eastern England deliberately made and controlled fire around 400,000 years ago, substantially predating previous evidence of controlled fire use.
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