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These big-brained ancestors may have loved crystals just as much as modern humans do, according to new research

Many modern humans love collecting unique rocks, from shiny gold nuggets to fossil-bearing stones and geodes filled with ...
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Homo erectus' tools include geodes and fossils, possibly as a way to connect with the cosmos

Homo erectus may have deliberately selected rocks embedded with fossils and crystals to craft their hand axes.