Shannon McPherron/MPI EVA Leipzig The Jebel Irhoud site in Morocco was recognised for its fossils from the 1960s Until now, the earliest fossils of our kind were from Ethiopia (from a site known ...

Also, some rather prominent fossil sites, such as the Moroccan Kem Kem beds and South African Unesco Cradle of Humankind caves, have still not provided robust evidence for indigenous knowledge.

Fossils of the prehistoric reptile were found in a 100 million-year-old river system in Morocco's Sahara Desert. These suggest some species previously thought to be saltwater sea creatures ...