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Nine cut marks on a fossilized shin bone suggest that ancient human relatives butchered and possibly ate one another 1.45 million years ago, according to a new study.
The fossil was spotted with cut marks hinting at ancient humans exploiting such humungous mammals in the country.
Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil’s surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the bone, ...
To celebrate the Petoskey stone’s 60th anniversary as Michigan’s state stone, Grandpa Shorter’s threw a birthday party complete with cake and streamers on Saturday, June 28.
So, this fossil could be a trace of prehistoric cannibalism, but it is also possible this was a case of one species chowing down on its evolutionary cousin. None of the stone-tool cut marks overlap ...
WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – New research of drag marks found alongside ancient human footprints discovered in White Sands National Park may represent one of the earliest pieces of evidence… ...
A fossilized leg bone bearing cut marks made by stone tools might be the earliest evidence that ancient humans butchered and ate each other’s flesh. The 1.45-million-year-old hominin bone ...
AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had huge flesh-tearing teeth that ripped through its prey and could grow up to… ...
A fossil hunter found a 450,000-year-old mammoth tusk while on a recent visit to a local quarry. Jamie Jordan, 33, was at a quarry in Cambridgeshire, near Peterborough, England, roughly 75 miles ...
A rare marine fossil in Australia is being compared to the “Rosetta Stone.” (Queensland Museum) The three women, known as the “Rock Chicks,” go around Australia hunting for fossils.
To celebrate the Petoskey stone’s 60th anniversary as Michigan’s state stone, Grandpa Shorter’s threw a birthday party complete with cake and streamers on Saturday, June 28.
Humans' evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago Cut marks on a fossil leg bone belonging to a relative of modern humans were made by stone tools and could be evidence ...
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