Early Man Found Surprisingly Far From Africa - David Lordkipanidze

The narrative of human evolution and migration out of Africa was recast yet again when Georgian paleontologist discovered the skull of a 1.8 million year old pre-human. David Lordkipanidze describes the skull as "primitive," with an apelike face and a brain capacity that's about a third the size of a modern human's. But the other bones found with the skill indicate that the hominid had fairly modern legs, fit for running. Lordkipanidze explains that the primitive human outside of Africa was such a shock to paleontologists because it was initially believed that humans would have had to be intelligent and use tools well in order to live in unfamiliar landscapes, but the bones, found outside of Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia, challenge those assumptions.