Study: Early Women Explored While Men Stayed at Home

Two million years ago, it was female pre-humans that struck out to find a mate, according to a study of fossil teeth from Africa. Researchers examined 19 chompers that belonged to our extinct antecedents, Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus. The teeth, unearthed in two South African caves, suggest that half of the female inhabitants hailed from afar, while 90% of the

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Study: Early Women Explored While Men Stayed at Home

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