Did early Homo migrate “out of” or “in to” Africa?

2011/06/03 by Bernard Wood · 1 voice · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Evolution and Paleontology Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1073/pnas.1107724108

Abstract

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• Testing the taxonomy of Dmanisi hominin fossils through dental crown area
• New evidence for early presence of hominids in North China
• Homo [wikipedia]

Discussions

• Homo erectus left Africa ~1.8–2 million years ago. Fossils at Dmanisi (Georgia) show they were already out by ~1.85 Ma, pushing back timelines of human migration. Read the study: doi.org/10.1073/pnas. [bsky, 10 points, 0 comments]

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