Ka taƙaita labarin:  Su ne wasu daga cikin wurare masu arziki a duniya duk da haka kuma mafi wuya ga mutane su zauna. Yanzu masana kimiyya sun gano cewa mutane sun fara zama a cikin dazuzzuka kusan shekara 20,000 da ta shige - shekara 12,000 da ta shige fiye da yadda aka yi zato. Masu bincike a Jami'ar Oxford sun gano shaidar a cikin hakoran mutum da aka gano a cikin gandun daji na Sabaragamuwa a kudancin Sri Lanka. Masana kimiyya sun gano cewa mutane sun fara zama a cikin dazuzzuka kusan shekara 20,000 da ta shige - shekaru 12,000 da suka shige fiye da yadda aka yi zato. Masu bincike a Jami'ar Oxford sun gano shaidar da aka kama a cikin hakoran mutane da aka gano a cikin gandun daji na Sabaragamuwa a kudancin Sri Lanka (hoton) Sun ce isotopes a cikin hakora sun nuna cewa mutanen da suka kasance suna da abincin da ya ƙunshi abinci daga gandun daji. Binciken ya kuma lura cewa akwai alamun cewa mutane na iya zama a cikin gandun daji kimanin shekaru 45,000 da suka gabata. Masana kimiyya sun ce mutanen Neanderthal ne suka fara yin kayan ado shekaru 130,000 da suka shige. Masu bincike da suka bincika ƙwanƙwasa takwas da aka ɗauko daga gaggafa mai farin wutsiya da aka samu a Krapina a Croatia sun ce an yi amfani da su wajen yin abin wuya ko munduwa. Clawsan yatsun suna da alamun yankewa da yawa, alamomi da alamun da Neanderthals suka goge waɗanda suka taɓa zama a wurin da aka samo su. Masana ilimin halayyar dan adam a Jami'ar Kansas sun ce an yi amfani da ƙuƙwalwar a matsayin kayan ado na alama shekaru 80,000 kafin mutane na zamani su isa Turai. Abubuwan da aka gano sun ƙara tabbatar da cewa mutanen Neanderthal ba masu hankali ba ne kamar yadda ake yawan kwatanta su. Abubuwan da aka gano sun saɓa da ra'ayin cewa gandun daji na wurare masu zafi sun kasance mafi yawan yanayin da ba shi da mutane har zuwa kimanin shekaru 8,000 da suka gabata. Farfesa Julia Lee-Thorp, wata masaniyar kimiyyar kayan tarihi a Jami'ar Oxford wadda ta taimaka wajen gudanar da binciken, ta ce: 'An yi amfani da tsarin nazarin isotopic da aka yi amfani da shi a bincikenmu da kyau don bincika yadda dabbobi masu kama da dabbobi, har da manyan birai na Afirka, suke daidaitawa da yanayin da suke ciki a cikin daji....
Masana kimiyya a Jami'ar Oxford sun binciki isotopes a cikin hakoran mutane na dā. An tono hakoran ne a cikin gandun daji na Sabaragamuwa a Sri Lanka. Masu binciken sun gano cewa hakoran na mutane ne da suka ci abincin dajin. Wannan yana nufin mutane sun rayu a cikin gandun daji na shekaru 12,000 da suka wuce fiye da yadda aka yi tunani. An yi tunanin cewa gandun daji ba shi da'yan Adam har sai shekaru 8,000 da suka wuce.