Did human ancestors split from chimps in Europe, not Africa?

It's generally accepted that humans originated in Africa and gradually spread out across the globe from there, but a pair of new studies may paint a different picture. By examining fossils ...

Did humans evolve in Europe rather than Africa? We don't have the answer just yet

Charles Darwin believed that humans evolved in Africa, because that's where our closest ape relatives the chimpanzees and gorillas live. And during the twentieth century he was vindicated through ...

Our common ancestor with chimps may be from Europe, not Africa

The last common ancestor of chimps and humans was an eastern European, claims team that analysed fossils of a 7-million-year-old ape from Bulgaria and Greece

7-million-year-old fossils widen divide between humans and chimps

A new study on human evolution sparks struggle of Darwinian proportions. Cheryl Jones reports.

European fossils may belong to earliest known hominid

With new analyses of Graecopithecus fossils from Greece and Bulgaria, researchers argue for possible hominid origins in Europe, not Africa.

Scientists find 7.2-million-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

The common lineage of great apes and humans split several hundred thousand earlier than hitherto assumed, according to an international research team headed by Professor Madelaine Böhme from ...

Origins of humans can be traced back to Europe, not Africa, study claims

Up until now, East Africa - long referred to as the cradle of humanity – was thought to have been the place where the last common ancestor of chimps and humans lived 7 million years ago. ...

The first hominids might have evolved in Europe, fossil jaw suggests

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Fossils cast doubt on human lineage originating in Africa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossils from Greece and Bulgaria of an ape-like creature that lived 7.2 million years ago may fundamentally alter the understanding of human origins, casting doubt on ...

​History rewritten, with Europe the birthplace of mankind - CNET

It looks like we humans may have evolved from an ape-like creature found Bulgaria and Greece, not Africa.

Did last chimp-human ancestor live in the Mediterranean?

Two studies by an international team of researchers led by the University of Toronto outline a new scenario for the beginning of human history.

Pre-Human Fossils Suggest Mankind Emerged From Europe Rather Than Africa

Humanity first arose in the Eastern Mediterranean around 7.2 million years ago, suggests new analysis of fossils for a hominin species nicknamed “El Graeco.” Credit: Velizar ...

Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa, scientists find

Scientists Find 7.2-million-year-old Pre-human Remains in the Balkans

NewsThe common lineage of great apes and humans split several hundred thousand earlier than hitherto assumed, according to an international research team.Contributed Author: University ...

Graecopithecus – Possible Early Human Ancestor from Europe

Finding fossils is like finding pieces to a jigsaw puzzle, although we don’t know what the final picture is, or where the edges are, and the pieces themselves are damaged or partial and ...

Human-chimp split occurred in the Mediterranean, not East Africa, researchers argue

The earliest human-chimp ancestor -- the first pre-human species -- originated in the Mediterranean, not Africa, say researchers at the University of Toronto.

Fossils show first human ancestor came from Europe, not Africa

Newly discovered pre-human remains dated to more than seven million years ago could change common assumptions about the origins of humanity, suggesting that people may have diverged from great ...

Oldest hominin possibly lived in Europe

Scientists find 7.2 million year old pre-human remains in the Balkans ‒ New hypothesis about the origin of humankind