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Stone Age: Quick Facts

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Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects • Nov. 11, 2026, 2:00 PM ET (Science News)
30,000-year-old bone found in French cave reveals vast genetic connections between people of Eastern and Western Europe during the Stone Age • Oct. 27, 2026, 1:54 PM ET (Live Science)
The 7,000 year old skeleton baffling German archaeologists • Oct. 14, 2026, 11:51 AM ET (Euronews)

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Uniface blade and three end scrapers
Le Moustier
Aurignacian-Gravettian sculpture
Magdalenian cave painting of a bison
La Roche aux Fées
Skara Brae
Carved entrance stone
Female figurine in the form of a jar
Zhoukoudian
Çatalhüyük
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