A new study breaks with the paradigm that the cradle of humankind lies in East Africa, based on the archaeological remains found at sites in the region of Ain Hanech …read more Source:: Science
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Scientists discover evidence of early human innovation, pushing back evolutionary timeline
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•Scientists discovered that early humans in East Africa had — by about 320,000 years ago — begun trading with distant groups, using color pigments and manufacturing more sophisticated tools than …read more Source:: Science
No volcanic winter in East Africa from ancient Toba eruption
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•The Toba supereruption on the island of Sumatra about 74,000 years ago did not cause a six-year-long ‘volcanic winter’ in East Africa and thereby cause the human population in the …read more Source:: Science
Giant rats to sniff out tuberculosis in Tanzania, Mozambique prisons
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•DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Scientists in East Africa plan to exploit trained rats’ highly developed sense of smell to carry out mass screening for tuberculosis among inmates …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Early human habitat, recreated for first time, shows life was no picnic
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•Scientists have pieced together an early human habitat for the first time, and life was no picnic in Tanzania in East Africa 1.8 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science