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Naked Scientist, we hope you had a happy Christmas if you celebrate that sort of thing and are looking

forward to the new year. This week we're taking a look back at 2023 and some of the outstanding scientific stories that came out of it.

Everything from asteroid samples to red wine headaches.

From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education.

This is the Naked Scientists. And what better way to fire us into this year's recap than with a bow and arrow.

Europe's earliest bow and arrow to be exact. In February of this year a paper was released

announcing the discovery of flint arrowheads found in a cave in France by Lormets and pointed to the idea

that this weapon was being used more than 50,000 years ago.

Chris Smith asked the University of Cambridge's Emma Pomeroy about the findings.

This study is reporting what is probably the earliest evidence for

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