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Hebrew U team proves earliest evidence of cave dwelling, 1.8 million years ago – The Times of Israel
Archaeologists examining Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa find more indications humans were active there nearly a million years before accepted estimates
Researchers say they have confirmed their theory that humans were active in a cavern in South Africa far earlier than initially thought, dating occupation of the Wonderwerk Cave to 1.8 million years ago, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in a statement Monday.
The assessment by the team of geologists and archaeologists from the university and the University of Toronto pushes back the prehistoric past dwelling in the desert cave by nearly a million years.
Whereas ancient humans are known to…
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