Ancient tools suggest humans spread across Eurasia earlier than previously thought

The story of human history is patchy at best, but now another patch may have been filled in. Archaeologists have found ancient tools at a dig site in Mongolia, indicating that humans were on the scene about 45,000 years ago, which is much earlier than current evidence suggests. There's also a chance that the site is one spot where our ancestors met and mingled with the mysterious Denisovans.

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• Archeology
• Evolution
• Human
• Mongolia
• Tools
• UC Davis

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