Research that could set humanity back 20,000 years

[The Dragon Master]

Human behaviour, as we know it, emerged 44,000 years ago - much earlier than previously thought, according to a new study.



An international team of scientists have substantially increased the age at which we can trace the emergence of modern culture, thanks to research into hunter-gatherers in South Africa.



A key question in human evolution is when in prehistory human cultures similar to ours emerged.

Until now, most archaeologists believed that the oldest traces of the San people - a hunter-gatherer culture in southern Africa - dates back 10,000, or at most 20,000 years.

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[Evil Eye]

Maybe they weren't human though... *cue eerie music*