Early humans on the African continent

December 08, 2025 00:30:01
Early humans on the African continent
The Best Of Our Knowledge
Early humans on the African continent

Dec 08 2025 | 00:30:01

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Show Notes

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.

The East African Savannah is known to be the cradle of humanity.

Now, researchers are presenting a different history of homo sapiens, theorizing they evolved all across the continent including in rainforests as early as 150,000 years ago. 

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