U C on the Run

The first ever chimpanzee fossils were recently discovered in an area previously thought to be suitable for chimpanzees. Of human ancestor fossils were also discovered nearby. Although scientists have only found a few chimp teeth, the discovery could lead to wake up in the theories of human evolution. “We know today if you go in West and Central Africa, humans and chimps live in similar and neighboring environments,” said Nina Jablonski, an anthropologist at the California Academy of Sciences. “This is the first evidence in the fossil record that they coexisted in the same place in the past.”

He had previously been thought that chimps never lived in the Rift Valley-arid, they prefer a richer environment, like the jungles of Congo and West Africa. For years, scientists believe that early human ancestors left the jungle and move caused a split between the lines of evolution of man and chimpanzee. But now, with the discovery of ancient chimps and humans in the same area, evolutionists May need to rethink what caused humans to become human.