Max Planck Institute/Abdeljalil Bouzouggar Stone Age remains have helped scientists to unravel mysteriesResearchers discovered there was more migration between North Africa, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa than was originally believed after studying the oldest DNA. Scientists discovered Earth’s first people share a genetic heritage with populations in the Eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa after successfully analysing the oldest nuclear DNA from Africa. The research reveals that Stone Age humans from North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East were interacting with each other much earlier than was previously believed. They were able to find new information about Stone Age migration from studying burials from a cave in Morocco. GETTY The study was carried out in caves in Morocco

Source: The North Africa Journal March 28, 2018 16:48 UTC