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BRICS nations
- ÍndiaModern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent no later than 55,000 years ago, making it one of the earliest places outside Africa where Homo sapiens…
- EthiopiaIn the Awash Valley of the Afar Region, a fossil known as Dinkinesh lies preserved. This specimen, scientifically named Australopithecus afarensis, was…
- IndonesiaThe name Indonesia derives from the Greek words indos and nesos, meaning Indian islands. This term dates back to 1850 when English ethnologist George Windsor…
- United Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates stretches across 83,600 square kilometers of the Arabian Peninsula. Its landscape shifts from salt pans along the Persian Gulf to…
- ChinaIn 221 BCE, King Zheng of Qin conquered six rival states to unify China under the first emperor. This ruler enacted legalist reforms that standardized…
- South AfricaArchaeologists have recovered extensive fossil remains from a series of caves in Gauteng Province. The area, known as the Cradle of Humankind, is a UNESCO…
- IranThe earliest known presence of hominins in Iran dates to around 800,000 BP. Middle Paleolithic sites have been discovered mainly in the Zagros Mountains.
- EgyptThe Nile River flows through a landscape that has supported human life for over ten thousand years. Evidence of rock carvings along the banks and in…
- RussiaAbout 2 million years ago, representatives of Homo erectus migrated to the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia. Flint tools discovered in the North Caucasus…
- IndiaModern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago. Their long occupation, predominantly in isolation as…