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The earliest modern humans outside Africa

Hershkovitz, Israel, Weber, Gerhard W., Quam, Rolf, Duval, Mathieu, Grün, Rainer, Kinsley, Leslie, Ayalon, Avner, Bar-Matthews, Miryam, Valladas, Helene, Mercier, Norbert, Arsuaga, Juan Luis, Martinón-Torres, María, Bermúdez de Castro, José María, Fornai, Cinzia, Martín-Francés, Laura, Sarig, Rachel, May, Hila, Krenn, Viktoria A., Slon, Viviane, Rodríguez, Laura, García, Rebeca, Lorenzo, Carlos, Carretero, Jose Miguel, Frumkin, Amos, Shahack-Gross, Ruth, Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella E., Cui, Yaming, Wu, Xinzhi, Peled, Natan, Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris, Weissbrod, Lior, Yeshurun, Reuven, Tsatskin, Alexander, Zaidner, Yossi, Weinstein-Evron, Mina·2018·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.aap8369
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Earliest modern humans out of Africa: Recent paleoanthropological studies have suggested that modern humans migrated from Africa as early as the beginning of the Late Pleistocene, 120,000 years ago. Hershkovitz et al.now suggest that early modern humans were already present outside of Africa more than 55,000 years earlier (see the Perspective by Stringer and Galway-Witham). During excavations of sediments at Mount Carmel, Israel, they found a fossil of a mouth part, a left hemimaxilla, with almost complete dentition. The sediments contain a series of well-defined hearths and a rich stone-based industry, as well as abundant animal remains. Analysis of the human remains, and dating of the site and the fossil itself, indicate a likely age of at least 177,000 years for the fossil—making it the oldest member of the Homo sapiens clade found outside Africa. Science, this issue p.456; see also p.389

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Hershkovitz, I., Weber, G. W., Quam, R., Duval, M., Grün, R., Kinsley, L., Ayalon, A., Bar-Matthews, M., Valladas, H., Mercier, N., Arsuaga, J. L., Martinón-Torres, M., Bermúdez de Castro, J. M., Fornai, C., Martín-Francés, L., Sarig, R., May, H., Krenn, V. A., Slon, V., Rodríguez, L., García, R., Lorenzo, C., Carretero, J. M., Frumkin, A., Shahack-Gross, R., Bar-Yosef Mayer, D. E., Cui, Y., Wu, X., Peled, N., Groman-Yaroslavski, I., Weissbrod, L., Yeshurun, R., Tsatskin, A., Zaidner, Y., & Weinstein-Evron, M.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2018-01-26
Volume
359
Issue
6374
Pages
456-459
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.aap8369
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538
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Hershkovitz, I., Weber, G. W., Quam, R., Duval, M., Grün, R., Kinsley, L., Ayalon, A., Bar-Matthews, M., Valladas, H., Mercier, N., Arsuaga, J. L., Martinón-Torres, M., Bermúdez de Castro, J. M., Fornai, C., Martín-Francés, L., Sarig, R., May, H., Krenn, V. A., Slon, V., . . . Weinstein-Evron, M. (2018). The earliest modern humans outside Africa. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap8369

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