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A hominin at the root of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans too is discovered where predicted, in Africa, from precisely 773,000 years ago
We are eternally fascinated by the mystery of our origins. Dust and a divine spark satisfied many until the advent of evolution theory and paleontology, which generated a broad consensus that our species originated in Africa. But doubts had lingered. There was a camp that posited a European origin for Homo sapiens.
