Oldest known human fossil outside Africa discovered in Israel

[Soph0571]

A prehistoric jawbone discovered in a cave in Israel has prompted scientists to rethink theories of how the earliest human pioneers came to populate the planet, suggesting that our ancestors left Africa far earlier than previously thought.

The fossil, dated to nearly 200,000 years ago, is almost twice as old as any previous Homo sapiens remains discovered outside Africa, where our species is thought to have originated.

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The find suggests that there were multiple waves of migration across Europe and Asia and could also mean that modern humans in the Middle East were mingling, and possibly mating, with other human species for tens of thousands of years.

“Misliya breaks the mould of existing scenarios for the timing of the first known Homo sapiens in these regions,” said Chris Stringer, head of human origins at the Natural History Museum in London. “It’s important in removing a long-lasting constraint on our thinking.”

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/25/oldest-known-human-fossil-outside-africa-discovered-in-israel|

[tavernier]

1. Is that trumps hairpiece turned inside out?

Sorry... couldn’t resist.

[Soph0571]

2. Hehe

Completely off topic but you are not incorrect . Those knarly toes though? I can see those on his hoofs.

[Lochloosa]

3. Bull....

No way it's older than 6000 years.