There were so many embedded links attributed in the article, I didn't bother. These are the only two pictures the author posted and there are hundreds of comments so I don't know. Doesn't tell much. lol
*** Local Caption *** Something made sets of stone tools half a million years before the whole human genus appeared. But who did it?
We don't have a very easy time working out how species of fossil human relatives are connected. Here's one recent tree based on features of teeth, jaws, and skulls.
Probably in a couple of thousands years, or maybe sooner, another astral event will wipe out our own civilization and the only thing left will be a lone statue of Robert E Lee. Another people will wonder what it was all about....wash, rinse, repeat until the earth itself explodes into a fiery ball and then what the hell was it all about?