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Ancient Human Teeth Discovered in Asia Challenges 'Out of Africa ' Theory

Benjie Batanes   |

Oct 15, 2015 08:47 AM EDT

A team of researchers on Wednesday announced the discovery of ancient human teeth in a Chinese cave that is believed to be around 80,000 years old. The study contradicts a widely held belief that modern humans only spread to the rest of the world from Africa 60,000 years ago.