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Our early ancestors trekked through Asia far earlier than first thought

The extensive excavation pit in Tam Pà Ling reaching from the cave floor down to 7m (Supplied, V Hernandez, Flinders University).jpg

The extensive excavation pit in Tam Pà Ling reaching from the cave floor down to 7m

Our first ancestors passed through southeast Asia on their journey to Australia, some 40 thousand years earlier than first believed. They may not have contributed significantly to our modern day populations, but fossil findings from a cave in northern Laos confirms the very early presence of humans.


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