Savannas may have nurtured human ancestors

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 15:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The savannas of Africa may have become the cradle of human evolution millions of years earlier than thought, researchers suggest. These rolling grasslands would have nurtured our ancestors through pivotal moments in their evolution.

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