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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Archaeologists discover what could be world’s oldest boomerang in Europe

A mammoth tusk artefact discovered in a Polish cave could be Europe’s earliest example of a boomerang and even the oldest tool of its kind in the world, archaeologists said.

The tusk was found along with what seemed like a human little finger or toe bone fossil at the Obłazowa cave in Poland, and it could be nearly 40,000 years old, according to a study published in the journal PLoS One.

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