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Undated artist rendering shows two views of a composite reconstruction of the earliest known Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) based on micro computed tomographic scans of multiple original fossils (Philipp Gunz/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology via AP)
June 8, 2017, 2:05 am
Homo sapiens 100,000 years older than thought
Groundbreaking fossil discovery in Morocco sheds light on origin of our species, may re-organize the human evolutionary tree
By Laurence COUSTAL and Mariëtte Le Roux
An image taken on September 15, 2016, shows the site of excavations near Tozeur, in southwestern Tunisia, where Tunisian and British researchers say they have unearthed Stone Age tools showing humans lived in the area nearly 100,000 years ago. (AFP PHOTO / AYMEN ZAOUALI)
September 16, 2016, 4:28 pm
Tunisian remains prove 100,000-year human presence
Researchers says Stone Age tools found at site could help explain spread of Homo sapiens
By AFP
A reconstruction of a Neanderthal man at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, Germany. (Neanderthal Museum)
May 27, 2016, 7:06 am
Neanderthals explored deep caves, built stalagmite circles
Early hominids made underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, 176,500 years ago, according to finds in southwest France
By Pascale MOLLARD and Mariëtte Le Roux
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