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Ancient Human Teeth Discovered in Asia Challenges 'Out of Africa ' Theory

A team of researchers on Wednesday announced the discovery of ancient human teeth in a Chinese cave that is believed to be around 80,000 years old. The study contradicts a widely held belief that modern humans only spread to the rest of the world from Africa 60,000 years ago.

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Archeologists Invite Public to Help Hunt for Kenyan Fossils Online

Archeologists are inviting online community members worldwide to help them scan around one million pictures of a Kenyan archeological dig believed to be the home of man's earliest ancestors. A website has been set up for this endeavor on September 8.

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Finally, Scientists Agree on Little Foot's Birthday

The new findings suggest Little Foot was an older relative of "Lucy," the famous Australopithecus skeleton dated at 3.2 million years old and found in Ethiopia.

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Early Humans Could Use Tools, New Study Says

Our earliest ancestors were capable of a human-like grip.

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