Birthplace (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Birthplace

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Humans are believed to have evolved in east Africa, as the landscape changed from forest to grassland. Here, children cross the Turkwel River in northern Kenya, where many key fossils have been found.

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Kevin Krajick/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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