During a trip to the Olduvai Gorge, the “cradle of humankind”, Ignacio de la Torre talks to Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, a Spanish archaeologist working to answer our species’ biggest questions. The earliest members of the Homo genus, our ancestors, and, effectively, the earliest human beings – Homo habilis – first emerged around two million years ago. Thanks to the volcanic landforms at Olduvai, remains have been incredibly well preserved, enabling conclusions to be drawn about
