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George Washington University archaeologist David Braun and his colleagues recently unearthed stone tools from a 2.75 ...

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New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.

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A self-proclaimed 'eccentric' has devoted three decades to hand-excavating an otherworldly maze of underground caves 20ft beneath his garden. From the street, Francis Proctor's property appears ...