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Evidence suggests that modern humans were alredy living as far south as central Chile by about 12,500 years ago.
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In 1868, a hunter stumbled upon paintings in the Altamira cave in Spain.
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In 1940 four teenagers and their dog discovered a cave full of 16,000 year old paintings, to the time of the last Ice Age.
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British archaeologists Mary and Louis Leakey Discovered a piece of human-like skull at Olduvai Gorge in East Africa. The fossil was at least 1.75 million years old.
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American fossil hunter Donald Johanson made a discovery and finds the first of hundreds of bone fragments that make up lucy.
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In 2001 Michael Brunet shows off the 7-million-year-old humanoid skull was found in Chad.
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Frozen for 37,000 years, a baby mammoth was uncovered in Russia in 2007.
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In 2007, scientists analyze a fossil skull that had been found in South Africa. Tests showed that the skull was about 36,000 years old.
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In 2008, scientists completed a genetic study of nearly a thousand people around the world.
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In 2009 Tim White unveiled a nearly complete skeleton of a female named Ardi nearly 1.2 million years older than Lucy.
