The oldest human traces in Europe found in an area of Ukraine far from the bombs. A scientific project carried out in the middle of the war identifies stone tools carved 1.4 million years ago by the first hominids to set foot on the continent.
The discovery clarifies how our ancestors, Homo erectus, left Africa and discovered Europe. The study, which is published today in the journal Nature, constitutes the triumph of a lifetime for the emigrated Ukrainian scientists.RG At that time Europe was able to experience a period of prosperity.