Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. But around 4,000 years ago in the Early Bronze Age, a grisly chapter of British prehistory unfolded there. A long time agoHuman bones were first excavated from a deep shaft at the Charterhouse Warren site in the 1970s. Across the universeWhen space scientists first spotted ‘Oumuamua in 2017, the discovery was immediately attention-grabbing. Sign up here to receive in your inbox the next edition of Wonder Theory, brought to you by CNN Space and Science writers Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt and Jackie Wattles.

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