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Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

6 June 2018

Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat
Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

5 February 2018

Wooden tools are hardly ever preserved, but a cache found in Italy suggests Neanderthals made them with fire and used them to dig up foods like tubers

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