Scientific discovery casts doubt on our understanding of human evolution

Scientists are planning to solve one of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries.

Using an unparalleled range of tests, experts are investigating whether a group of ‘ape-men’ succeeded in creating a complex human-like culture – potentially thousands of years before our own species, Homo sapiens, managed to do so.

Evidence, gathered by the scientists, suggests that a complex ‘ape-man’ culture with some practices and belief systems normally…