Bone fragments found in a mountain cave in northern Laos are the oldest evidence of modern humans in South-East Asia, suggesting our species was in the region much earlier than previously thought, say scientists.
Bone fragments found in a mountain cave in northern Laos are the oldest evidence of modern humans in South-East Asia, suggesting our species was in the region much earlier than previously thought, say scientists.
However, experts not involved in the research are sharply divided over the evidence that H. naledi, a contemporary of early humans, was burying its dead.