

Ancient Tools, Life On Mars, An Aurora Named Steve. March 16, 2018, Part 2.
Scientists have been trying for a long time to piece together a question: When did traits of modern humans—like complex thinking and behaviors—first develop? Anthropologists have uncovered tools in Kenya that date to 280,000 years ago that contained non-local materials, indicating that early humans developed social…
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