2 MILLION year old human skeletons found in Georgia.
October 7th, 2009
Ancient skeletons discovered in Georgia threaten to overturn the theory of human evolution
By DAVID DERBYSHIRE
Last updated at 1:26 PM on 09th September 2009
For generations, scientists have believed Africa was the cradle of mankind.
Now a stunning archaeological discovery suggests our primitive ancestors left Africa to explore the world around 800,000 years earlier than was previously thought before returning to their home continent.
It was there – hundreds of thousands of years later – that they evolved into modern humans and embarked on a second mass migration, researchers say.
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