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Cavemen hunted turtles – but not for food, suggests new research

This illustration shows what it might have looked like around 125,000 years ago: a European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) next to the foot of a European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus). (Nicole Viehofer / MONREPOS via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

Cavemen hunted turtles — but not for food, suggests new research.

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