An ancient Ukrainian archaeological site sheds light on early Europeans
Recent research has uncovered remarkable archaeological finds at a site in western Ukraine that suggests it may be the oldest evidence of early humans in Europe. Researchers used advanced geological techniques to date the oldest part of the artifact-rich site to 1.4 million years ago. Although the exact species of the creators of these artifacts remains uncertain, it is believed that they were some form of hominids, a group that includes modern humans and our direct ancestors. The results, published in the journal Nature, support the idea that the first hominins migrated from Africa and arrived in Europe from the east. Previous finds have included 1.2-million-year-old hominin remains in Spain and 1.8-million-year-old remains in Georgia. This new evidence fills a significant gap in the timeline and geography of human migration. The research was led by Roman Garba, an archaeologist from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. "The beauty of this study is t...