Challenging the theory of human evolution, the skull 8.7 million years ago shows that human ancestors came from Europe.

CTOnews.com, September 5 (Xinhua)-- there is a current consensus in archaeological circles that human ancestors (including humans, African apes and their fossil ancestors) appeared in Africa 7 million years ago. Archaeologists have recently discovered 8.7 million-year-old human skulls, challenging the view that human and ape ancestors came from Africa, suggesting that human ancestors may have come from Europe.

Archaeologists have discovered a new skull in Turkey, a newly discovered ape, which the team named Anadoluvius turkae.

Scientists claim that skulls prove that hominids evolved in Western and Central Europe, where they spent more than 5 million years before migrating from the Mediterranean to Africa.

The new study analyzed a well-preserved part of the skull found at the site in 2015, which contains most of the facial structure and the front of the brain. CTOnews.com attaches a link to the paper here, which can be read in depth by interested users.

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Sevim-Erol, A., Begun, D.R., S ö zer, c.S.et al. A new ape from T ü rkiye and the radiation of late Miocene hominines. Commun Biol 6842 (2023). Https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05210-5