210,000-year-old skull in Greece is earliest sign of modern humans in Europe or Asia
by Stephanie DeMarco, Los Angeles Times
Jul 10, 2019
3 minutes
Around 210,000 years ago, an early human died in southern Greece - leaving scientists with the earliest evidence of human migration out of Africa and prompting them to reconsider the story of how our species spread throughout the planet.
A new analysis of that ancient person's skull suggests Homo sapiens left their birthplace in Africa about 16,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a report published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"We are seeing evidence of human dispersals that are not just limited to
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