Dr. Henry Gee

And people have been looking in other places and finding new things in Southeast Asia, for example. And there are quite a lot of very mysterious fossils from China. And places like India have hardly been explored because maybe the relevant rocks are not found. West Africa. It looks likely to be a focus of renewed interest. There are all sorts of interesting stone tools.

But one of the problems with West Africa, it is covered in forests, which is very untidy for paleontologists who like to look at deserts where the rocks are more exposed.

But one of the problems with West Africa, it is covered in forests, which is very untidy for paleontologists who like to look at deserts where the rocks are more exposed.

But one of the problems with West Africa, it is covered in forests, which is very untidy for paleontologists who like to look at deserts where the rocks are more exposed.

So there are all sorts of places that people are beginning to look, and West Africa has some very interesting archaeology, that is their stone tools, going back, and there are beginning to be some surprising results coming out of there.

So there are all sorts of places that people are beginning to look, and West Africa has some very interesting archaeology, that is their stone tools, going back, and there are beginning to be some surprising results coming out of there.

So there are all sorts of places that people are beginning to look, and West Africa has some very interesting archaeology, that is their stone tools, going back, and there are beginning to be some surprising results coming out of there.

But the biggest surprises of the past 25 years have been in Southeast Asia, where there are a lot of limestone caves, huge numbers of limestone caves that are barely explored. And there is also... Now we can look at the whole genome, the whole DNA of modern people, but also the whole DNA of some extinct species such as Neanderthals. and another species called the Denisovans.

But the biggest surprises of the past 25 years have been in Southeast Asia, where there are a lot of limestone caves, huge numbers of limestone caves that are barely explored. And there is also... Now we can look at the whole genome, the whole DNA of modern people, but also the whole DNA of some extinct species such as Neanderthals. and another species called the Denisovans.

But the biggest surprises of the past 25 years have been in Southeast Asia, where there are a lot of limestone caves, huge numbers of limestone caves that are barely explored. And there is also... Now we can look at the whole genome, the whole DNA of modern people, but also the whole DNA of some extinct species such as Neanderthals. and another species called the Denisovans.

We know more about these species from their DNA. And also we find some of the DNA is incorporated into the genes of modern people, such as you and me. Neanderthals particularly, I think, looking at me, I probably have more than you do. But there are some species, human species, which are only known... on bits of DNA in the genomes of living people.

We know more about these species from their DNA. And also we find some of the DNA is incorporated into the genes of modern people, such as you and me. Neanderthals particularly, I think, looking at me, I probably have more than you do. But there are some species, human species, which are only known... on bits of DNA in the genomes of living people.

We know more about these species from their DNA. And also we find some of the DNA is incorporated into the genes of modern people, such as you and me. Neanderthals particularly, I think, looking at me, I probably have more than you do. But there are some species, human species, which are only known... on bits of DNA in the genomes of living people.

It's a bit like identifying Cheshire cats from their smiles. And so there are more. Whether we'll discover more is an open question, but there will be more discoveries. They do tend to happen rather unexpectedly and not very often.

It's a bit like identifying Cheshire cats from their smiles. And so there are more. Whether we'll discover more is an open question, but there will be more discoveries. They do tend to happen rather unexpectedly and not very often.

It's a bit like identifying Cheshire cats from their smiles. And so there are more. Whether we'll discover more is an open question, but there will be more discoveries. They do tend to happen rather unexpectedly and not very often.

Yes, 10 million years ago. Cast your mind back, if you will, to the earth 10 million years ago. There were more forests on the earth. And we're talking about what we used to call the old world, Eurasia and Africa. And there were a lot of apes. There were quite a few apes in Europe and in Africa and in Asia.

Yes, 10 million years ago. Cast your mind back, if you will, to the earth 10 million years ago. There were more forests on the earth. And we're talking about what we used to call the old world, Eurasia and Africa. And there were a lot of apes. There were quite a few apes in Europe and in Africa and in Asia.

Yes, 10 million years ago. Cast your mind back, if you will, to the earth 10 million years ago. There were more forests on the earth. And we're talking about what we used to call the old world, Eurasia and Africa. And there were a lot of apes. There were quite a few apes in Europe and in Africa and in Asia.

But some of these were probably more closely related to gorillas and orangutans than to humans. But after that period, the forests tend to thin out. Rather, there was a slow... In fact, since then, there's been a generally slow cooling of the Earth towards the Ice Ages.