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These are traces in the stone that are thousands of years old. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig have, for the first time, extracted human DNA directly from cave walls. The discovery could make it possible to study prehistory without any excavations at all.

Revealing 773,000-year-old bones: Here lies the key to our origins

Scientists have found 773,000-year-old bones in a Moroccan quarry - from people who lived at a time when Homo sapiens and Neanderthals were just parting ways. The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig was involved in the investigation. The findings provide rare insights into our common ancestors and confirm that Africa was the cradle of humanity: Africa was the cradle of mankind. | more

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