Indian stone tool may be earliest evidence of humans outside Africa

by Philippa Kaur 9 March 2021, 17:00 119 Views

This may be the oldest stone tool yet found outside Africa

Dominique Cauche

ANCESTRAL humans may have left Africa half a million years earlier than generally thought, according to archaeologists who claim to have found a primitive stone tool from 2.6 million years ago in northern India.

If early humans really were there then, it would mean they migrated out of Africa remarkably early. The oldest evidence of the Homo lineage is from 2.8 million years ago at Ledi-Geraru in Ethiopia. This means these hominins would have had to expand their range rapidly to reach India.

The claim is …

Source: Humans - newscientist.com

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Indian stone tool may be earliest evidence of humans outside Africa

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