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  "path": "/500000-year-old-elephant-bone-hammer-unearthed-in-england-rewrites-european-prehistory/",
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  "textContent": "An ancient elephant bone hammer from southern England reveals that early humans used rare materials to precisely sharpen stone tools, highlighting unexpected technological sophistication 500,000 years ago. Half a million years ago, early humans in what is now southern England were shaping rare elephant bone into specialized tools. A newly analyzed hammer made from elephant [...]",
  "title": "500,000-Year-Old Elephant Bone Hammer Unearthed in England Rewrites European Prehistory"
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