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06-07-2017, 11:51 PM
Morocco fossils push back the timeline on human origins
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Fossilized remains found in Morocco might belong to our 300,000-year-old ancestors.
The skulls and bones could represent the earliest k**wn fossils of Homo sapiens, the human species to which we all belong, scientists said in two new studies (http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature22336) published Wednesday.
If true, the findings would mean that our species originated at least 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. The results could also bring more clarity to our still-fuzzy understanding of how, where, and when humans evolved in Africa.
SEE ALSO: 7-million-year-old teeth add new layer to human origin story (http://mashable.com/2017/05/23/pre-human-fossils-europe-human-origins/)
Until **w, the earliest fossil attributed to a modern form of H. sapiens was about 195,000 years old and came from Ethiopia. Many anthropologists believe that all living humans descended from a population living in East Africa around that time, and that our modern human biology appeared relatively rapidly.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/oldest-homo-sapien-fossil-remains-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Fossilized remains found in Morocco might belong to our 300,000-year-old ancestors.
The skulls and bones could represent the earliest k**wn fossils of Homo sapiens, the human species to which we all belong, scientists said in two new studies (http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature22336) published Wednesday.
If true, the findings would mean that our species originated at least 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. The results could also bring more clarity to our still-fuzzy understanding of how, where, and when humans evolved in Africa.
SEE ALSO: 7-million-year-old teeth add new layer to human origin story (http://mashable.com/2017/05/23/pre-human-fossils-europe-human-origins/)
Until **w, the earliest fossil attributed to a modern form of H. sapiens was about 195,000 years old and came from Ethiopia. Many anthropologists believe that all living humans descended from a population living in East Africa around that time, and that our modern human biology appeared relatively rapidly.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/oldest-homo-sapien-fossil-remains-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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