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The researchers don’t know which ancient human species made the structure and the tools, but it’s unlikely to have been Homo sapiens. The earliest fossils of Homo sapiens found so far date from around 300,000 years ago and were found in Israel, Dull told CNN. He believes the people who made the structure were cognitively sophisticated and it would be very exciting to figure out who constructed this.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could be Neanderthals, no?

[–] Lycerius 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. It was found in a region Neanderthals never inhabited.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, just looked at the time range.

[–] soupspoon 3 points 1 year ago

I read this in the voice of Zoidberg