00:04Out of Africa is the phrase commonly used to explain the diaspora of humanity,
00:08suggesting that our species first evolved there before spreading all over the globe.
00:13However, now experts say a skull of an ape found in Turkey in 2015 could change that long-held notion.
00:19This is a skull that belonged to a species called anadiluvious turkey,
00:22and the researchers say it's 8.7 million years old.
00:26This challenges current theories about human evolution,
00:29because humans and their ape ancestors weren't seen in Africa until 7 million years ago,
00:34meaning this evidence predates previous finds,
00:37suggesting the hominid line could have actually started in Europe, and rather migrated to Africa.
00:42Paleoanthropologist and the study's co-senior author, Professor David Begun, told The Telegraph,
00:47quote,
00:47Our findings further suggest that hominids not only evolved in Western and Central Europe,
00:52but spent over 5 million years evolving there and spreading to the eastern Mediterranean
00:56before eventually dispersing into Africa.
00:59He adds that this move was likely due to changing environmental conditions,
01:03specifically diminishing forests.
01:05However, the researchers add that this is simply one piece of evidence,
01:08and many more would be needed to overturn the long-standing out-of-Africa evidence we already have.
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