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Human ancestors in Eurasia earlier than thought

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Stone fragments found in Georgia suggest Homo erectus might have evolved outside Africa.

Archaeologists have long thought that Homo erectus, humanity's first ancestor to spread around the world, evolved in Africa before dispersing throughout Europe and Asia. But evidence of tool-making at the border of Europe and Asia is challenging that assumption.

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  1. Ferring, R., et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi:10.1073/pnas.1106638108 (2011).

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Kaplan, M. Human ancestors in Eurasia earlier than thought. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.350

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