Out of Africa, Predicting future heatwaves, Virtual reality molecules, Life in the dark
Scientists have found the earliest known evidence of a human presence outside Africa. A set of 96 stone tools has been found in the mountains of south-east China, which is the furthest afield this type of tool has been located. The scientists who found them have put the date of these tools at 2.1 million years old,…
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