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 Modern man dated older than they thought
Rethinking our ancient roots
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Modern humans aren't so modern after all, report scientists who have dated two skulls to about 195,000 years ago.
Found near Ethiopia's Omo River in 1967 but not accurately dated until now, the "Omo I" and "Omo II" skulls are the oldest anatomically modern human fossils yet found.
They push back the date thought to mark the origins of the modern Homo sapiens species by at least 35,000 years, according the report in today's Nature journal.
"Modern humans now go way, way back," says John Fleagle of Stony Brook (N.Y.) University, a study co-author.
Most paleontologists believe people first evolved in Africa and moved from there into other continents within the past 90,000 years, the "Out of Africa" model of human development.
The age of the Ethiopian skulls indicates that they hearken back to what genetic studies indicate was the starting point — about 200,000 years ago — of modern humanity.
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Just another reason when you put all your trust and faith in science, you will find that what you thought were "facts" were not facts at all. I always like the way they picture "cave men" all hairy and stupid just so we can distance ourselves from them and show that evolution actually took place.
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