Earliest human ancestors lived in Europe, not Africa: Study
A group of Germany-based scientists have questioned if humans started to evolve in Africa after the discovery of 9.7-million-year-old ape-like teeth. Earlier this year, 7.2-million-year-old teeth in Greece and Bulgaria were found, older than the earliest known pre-human fossils from Africa. The discoveries add evidence to the theory that human-ape lineages split in Europe, the researchers said.