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Two ancient wooden artifacts discovered at a Greek lakeshore are now the oldest wooden tools ever found, pushing back the timeline of human craftsmanship by hundreds of thousands of years. This groundbreaking discovery challenges everything we thought we knew about early human capabilities.
New archaeological evidence reveals that humans 60,000 years ago were using plant-based poisons on hunting arrows, demonstrating far more sophisticated cognitive abilities and chemical knowledge than previously believed.
Archaeological evidence reveals Neanderthals repeatedly returned to a cave for over centuries to collect horned animal skulls, suggesting complex cultural behavior that scientists still can't explain.