The human race is even older than we thought, and a new discovery has changed everything we thought we knew about our species’ earliest days walking on Earth. The new research now suggests that humans emerged more than one million years ago, which is far earlier than the 600,000 year figure previously put forward. It was previously thought that the fossil belonged to the species Homo erectus, the first species to walk upright, which preceded Homo sapiens and dates back two million years ago. However, further study of the distinctive facial features has led experts to claim that the remains actually resemble later species like Homo sapiens. It comes after it was reported that scientists believe they may have pinpointed the exact spot where all human life originated .