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Stone Age discovery fuels mystery of who made early tools

A site in Kenya has yielded some of the oldest stone tools ever found — and fueled a mystery of who used them

The Independent UK

Discovery of 3m-year-old stone tools sparks prehistoric whodunnit

Presence of teeth from extinct hominin challenges view that only members of Homo genus used complex tools

The Guardian - UK

2.9-million-year-old butchery site in Kenya suggests humans perhaps weren't first to use crafted stone tools

The discovery of fossils of 2.9-million-year-old butchered hippopotamus surrounded by crafted stone tools in Kenya suggests early humans may not have been the first species to use tools.

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Tiny SA island cave site reveals possible evidence of human interaction with megafauna

Butchery marks on an extinct kangaroo fossil found off the Eyre Peninsula's west coast could reveal a possible human and megafauna relationship.

ABC News

Manchester Museum re-launching with ‘Museum Lates’ film and music nights

The newly re-opened museum will open until 9pm once a week

Manchester Evening News

Jerry Zezima: In the Jurassic dark

When I was a kid, I knew all the dinosaurs — not personally, of course, because they were extinct by then, and woolly mammoths roamed the earth. But I was a fan of such prehistoric stars as brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex and especially Raquel Welch, who wore a cave woman bikini…

Tribune News Service

Jurassic mix between flamingo and whale

This prehistoric flying reptile had some bizarre teeth for filtering prey

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319-million-year-old Fossilized Fish Found In UK Coal Mine

The oldest known example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain is a fossilized fish that was discovered a century ago

Zenger

Bear-clawed cavern discovered in Spain ‘opens new door on prehistory’

Researchers hail ‘world-class discovery’ that suggests cave bears may have lived farther south in than thought

The Guardian - UK

‘Oldest animal fossil’ that rewrote India’s history turns out to be recently ‘decayed bee hive’

‘Closer look demonstrates that the impression resulted from decay of a modern beehive’

The Independent UK

The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life

The Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to one of the most ancient surviving pieces of Earth’s crust, which has been geologically unchanged since its creation some 3.5 billion years ago.

The Conversation

Vikings brought their animals to England, research suggests

Experts find evidence at Derbyshire cremation site of horses and dogs originating from the Baltic Shield

The Guardian - UK

‘Charmouth crocodile’ identified as new genus of croc-like creature

Remains of 2-metre-long animal discovered in 2017 by two fossil hunters

The Guardian - UK

Underlying tensions help to produce hammer-and-tongs desert storm

A couple of weeks ago in this column’s opening meander, I went to excruciatingly unnecessary lengths to tell you how useless I was at admin. With…

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World’s First Worm Dating Back 220 Million Years Ago Unearthed

The primitive creepy-crawly was identified from its tiny jaws and teeth & world’s first worm dating back 220 million years ago.

The Independent UK

Unearthed, the 220 million-year-old ‘missing link’ in evolution

Named Funcusvermis gilmorei, it lived at the beginning of the age of the dinosaurs

Daily Mirror

Stunned fishermen catch rare 'living fossil' beast - and it's older than dinosaurs

Father and son duo Keith Dees and Huntley, from the US, reeled in an alligator gar during their annual fishing trip to Alabama, admitting catching this record-breaking beast "never crossed" their minds

The Independent UK

Remains of Britain’s ‘oldest northerner’ found, according to experts

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

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Daily Mirror

'Oldest northerner' unearthed after huge UK dig confirms Ice Age burial site in cave

Bone fragments from eight individuals were dated to around 4,000 years ago while others went back 5,500 years, with very earliest dating to the Mesolithic era just after the end of the last Ice Age

Zenger

Report: An ‘Armageddon’ Asteroid Couldn’t Be Stopped By A Nuke

The good news is we can also use this information to our advantage, even Bruce Willis couldn’t save Earth from an asteroid.

The Independent UK

Remains of 11,000-year-old human uncovered

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

The Canberra Times

Aussie dinosaur arrives in Canberra in time for Australia Day

Cooper the Australotitan Cooperensis is the latest addition to the National Dinosaur Museum at Gold Creek

The Independent UK

New species of dinosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

The fossil was found in a limestone quarry in Bavaria during research led by Professor David Martill of the University of Portsmouth

The Independent UK

New pterosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

The fossil was found in a limestone quarry in Bavaria during research led by Professor David Martill of the University of Portsmouth.

Manchester Evening News

Expect dinosaurs and much, much more when Manchester Museum fully re-opens after £15m five-year revamp

The much-loved space is set to reopen to the public

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