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Bone fragment reveals humans wore leather clothes 39,000 years ago

12 April 2023

A study of an ancient bone from Spain with a strange pattern of notches hints that it was used by early Homo sapiens in Europe as a punch board for making holes in leather

Puzzle-solving great apes: The shared abilities underpinning language

19 July 2021

The evolutionary origins of speech may be glimpsed in the tool-using abilities of great apes.

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Bone fragment reveals humans wore leather clothes 39,000 years ago

Puzzle-solving great apes: The shared abilities underpinning language

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