It's the oldest known Homo sapiens fossil outside of Africa and the narrow strip of the Middle East that... (sciencenews.org)
Hublin's team compared measurements of these finds with those for Homo erectus, Neandertals and other Homo species from between around 1.8 million and 150,000 years ago, as well as H. sapiens fossils from the past 130,000 years. (sciencenews.org)
It's the oldest known Homo sapiens fossil outside of Africa and the narrow strip of the Middle East that joins Africa with Asia, based on dating of the bone itself, says a team led by archaeologists Huw Groucutt and Michael Petraglia. (sciencenews.org)