At least, that’s the theory presented by the authors of a new study, despite the fact that no human fossils of this age have ever been found in Asia. To date, the oldest confirmed hominin remains outside of Africa date to around 1.85 million years ago and come from Dmanisi, Georgia. Having dated the stone utensils and butchered bones to 2.95 million years ago, the researchers seek to determine whether our prehistoric ancestors could conceivably have reached the Subcontinent at this incredibly early juncture. As with Longgupo, however, the one major problem at Masol is that it contains no actual human remains. Evidence of lithic technology and butchery, while suggestive of human occupation, can’t therefore be taken as proof that our ancestors were present at the site at any specified point in time.