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  773,000-year-old mandible from the Thomas Quarry in Morocco.  Hamza Mehimdate, Program Préhistoire de Casablanca

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.