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Rock found by a 6-year-old on a beach is actually a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal ax

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A boy named Ben discovered a strange rock on a beach in Sussex , England , three years ago .

The object has been identified for what it really is: a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal hand ax.

Because of how "fresh" and undamaged it looks, he suspects the artifact had been buried safely underwater.

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