The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

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A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.

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When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.