In particular, the animal bones excited the scientists.

The sharp-edged tools and bones were discovered near the city of Setif, about 200 miles east of Algeria's capital, Algiers. Please enjoy :-)Īrchaeologists have been digging at various sites on this project for 25 years. Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Dr Mohamed Sahnouni, leader of the project, said: 'The evidence from Algeria changes the earlier view that East Africa was the cradle of humankind.' He added: 'Actually, the whole of Africa was the cradle of humankind.' The scientists say the animal bones show that early humans were butchering meat. Scientists now believe that Algeria and not East Africa is the cradle of civilization - where humankind began.

This belief has changed because of a collection of 2.4-million-year-old stone tools found in Algeria. For many decades, scientists believed the earliest humans originated in East Africa.

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