The birthplace of the human race is Asia - our earliest ancestors came to Asia in a huge migration 37-38 million years ago, before they evolved into present-day apes and humans.
A team of palaeontologists in Myanmar has found the tooth of a pre-human ancestor - afrasia djijidae, so-called because it forms a missing link between Africa and Asia - that is very similar another early ancestor found in Libya.
Four similar teeth were found after six years of sifting through sediment - a find that helps seal Asia as the starting point for our species.
Read more: Myanmar fossil find turns human history on its head - our earliest ancestors came from Asia, not Africa | Mail Online
A team of palaeontologists in Myanmar has found the tooth of a pre-human ancestor - afrasia djijidae, so-called because it forms a missing link between Africa and Asia - that is very similar another early ancestor found in Libya.
Four similar teeth were found after six years of sifting through sediment - a find that helps seal Asia as the starting point for our species.
Read more: Myanmar fossil find turns human history on its head - our earliest ancestors came from Asia, not Africa | Mail Online