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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Keys

Underworld discovery casts doubt on our understanding of human evolution

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Scientists are planning to solve one of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries.

Using an unparalleled range of tests, experts are investigating whether a group of ‘ape-men’ succeeded in creating a complex human-like culture - potentially thousands of years before our own species, Homo sapiens, managed to do so.

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