Modern humans may have evolved far earlier than thought, new research suggests
Researchers believe dramatic changes to the environment may have influenced human evolution.
Press Association
Last updated:16 March 2018 - 01.20pm
Ancient artifacts recently unearthed in Kenya could rewrite what we know about our early ancestors.
New research suggests humans developed trading skills, social behaviours and technological innovation tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
For decades, the consensus was that Homo sapiens evolved around 200,000 years ago in Africa, with modern humans emerging 100,000 years ago and leaving their ancestral continent around 50,000 years ago.
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