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Paleoanthropology & Early Humans
Hominid fossils, tool cultures, migrations, and ancient DNA insights.
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25,000-year-old teeth yield earliest evidence of human drug use
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The Wooden Structure Built 476,000 Years Ago Before Our Species Existed
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