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 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.
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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.*
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