Humans
Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa
We thought the first Homo species evolved in East Africa 2.8 million years ago, but stone tools from Algeria suggest our origins may have spanned the continent
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We thought the first Homo species evolved in East Africa 2.8 million years ago, but stone tools from Algeria suggest our origins may have spanned the continent
The diminutive Homo floresiensis died out about 50,000 years ago just as a volcano exploded – but are the two connected or was extinction down to other factors?