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Neanderthal

Neanderthal molar thousands of years older than first thought

Illustration. Small part of a Neanderthal's bone. Waltraud Grubitzsch/PAP/EPA

The new discovery helps to shed new light on the migratory movements of the Neanderthal people.

What lies beneath: cave and tunnel network discovered under castle

Discovery adds to the mystery and legends surrounding Castle Olsztyn.

Tools dating back 40,000 years including double-edged flint knife found in ancient castle cave

The excavations carried out at the castle in Olsztyn and the hill it stands on shed fascinating light on Neanderthal life thousands of years ago.

It’s the Flintstones! Archaeologists find 60,000-year-old Neanderthal workshop with 17,000 flint objects

The find in southern Poland appears to challenge existing beliefs about how the Neanderthals used open spaces. Scientists thought that Neanderthals living outside caves rarely settled there for long, at least not until later, alongside homo sapiens. For this reason, they rarely left behind larger numbers of tools.

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Most expensive coin ever sold in Poland is auctioned for jaw-dropping PLN 3.24 million in just one minute

Considered one of the rarest royal coins in the world, the legendary 50-ducat coin of Zygmunt III Vaza minted at the Crown Mint in Bydgoszcz went for a staggering PLN 3.24 million in the lightning-fast audition at the Raffles Hotel in Warsaw.

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