The discovery and dating of the Jebel Irhoud fossils are used to explain why Morocco holds the oldest known Homo sapiens remains. Mining history, early excavation methods, burnt tools dated in 2017, ...

Around 60,000 years ago, something massive occurred that changed the way of life for our predecessors – Homo sapiens – and thus, us, forever. Over several waves, they started to migrate out of Africa, ...

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