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Find the oldest stone ax in the world
Archeology

Find the oldest stone ax in the world

Australian archaeologists have discovered a stone ax, identified as 44,000 to 49,000 years old. Currently this stone ax is considered the oldest in the world.

December 17, 2018
When do people know how to wear clothes?
Archeology

When do people know how to wear clothes?

Scientists discovered that people began dressing 170,000 years ago at a time when people went out of Africa and migrated to other regions.

December 17, 2018
The first massacre in human history
Archeology

The first massacre in human history

Archaeologists found fossil skeletons of 27 massacred hunter-gatherers 10,000 years ago in Nataruk, near Lake Turkana, Kenya.

December 17, 2018