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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510274-early-humans-may-have-begun-butchering-elephants-1-8-million-years-ago/
Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago | New Scientist
Jan 14, 2026 - A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest known evidence of butchery of the...
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2522425-why-early-humans-radically-changed-their-toolkits-200000-years-ago/
Why early humans radically changed their toolkits 200,000 years ago | New Scientist
Apr 16, 2026 - A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the archaeological record – though scientists are...
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https://www.nenc.news/gbh/2026-03-16/the-worlds-first-modern-rocket-launched-from-a-cabbage-farm-in-massachusetts-100-years-ago
The world's first modern rocket launched from a cabbage farm in Massachusetts 100 years ago | New...
Mar 16, 2026 - Robert Goddard is known as the father of modern rocketry, but at the time, many people mocked his ideas around space exploration.
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2469565-ancient-hunters-may-have-used-throwing-spears-300000-years-ago/
Ancient hunters may have used throwing spears 300,000 years ago | New Scientist
Mar 4, 2025 - Preserved wooden spears from hundreds of thousands of years ago seem to have been suitable for throwing, not just close-range attacks
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/penguins/fossil-of-huge-penguin-that-lived-3-million-years-ago-discovered-in-new-zealand-what-happened-to-it
Fossil of huge penguin that lived 3 million years ago discovered in New Zealand — what happened to...
Sep 25, 2025 - The newly-discovered penguin species went extinct when the ice age hit, but researchers don't think the cold was to blame for their demise.
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