Not exact matches
ANCIENT MOUTHFUL Researchers who discovered and analyzed a nearly complete set of 2 - million - year -
old fossil teeth from a lower jaw suspect that the East African find comes from an
early member of the
human genus, Homo habilis.
The first Neandertal
fossils were discovered in 1829 in Engis, Belgium, and in 1848 at Forbes» Quarry, Gibraltar, but were not recognized as an
early human species until after the 1856 discovery of «Neandertal 1» — a 40,000 - year -
old specimen, including a skullcap and various bones, found at the Kleine Feldhofer Grotte in the Neander Valley near Düsseldorf, Germany.
But the tantalizing discoveries of 100,000 - year -
old stone tools found in the mountains of Oman and decidedly
human fossils in the Israeli Levant dating to 177,000 to 194,000 years ago forced anthropologists to consider the possibility of
earlier migrations.
Two 9.7 - million - year -
old fossil teeth found in Germany probably belong to a primitive primate and something like a deer, not an
early human ancestor as has been reported
More recent
fossil discoveries in the same region, including the iconic 3.7 million year
old Laetoli footprints from Tanzania which show
human - like feet and upright locomotion, have cemented the idea that hominins (
early members of the
human lineage) not only originated in Africa but remained isolated there for several million years before dispersing to Europe and Asia.
In addition to being the
oldest known example of an
early primate skeleton, the new
fossil is crucial in elucidating a pivotal event in primate and
human evolution — the evolutionary divergence that led to modern monkeys, apes and
humans (collectively known as anthropoids) on one branch, and to living tarsiers on the other.
A perfectly preserved amber
fossil from Myanmar has been found that provides evidence of the
earliest grass specimen ever discovered — about 100 million years
old — and even then it was topped by a fungus similar to ergot, which for eons has been intertwined with animals and
humans.
«Scientists discover
oldest known modern
human fossil outside of Africa: Analysis of
fossil suggests Homo sapiens left Africa at least 50,000 years
earlier than previously thought.»
Analysis of a wealth of new data contradicts an
earlier claim that LB1, an ~ 80,000 year
old fossil skeleton from the Indonesian island of Flores, had Down syndrome, and further confirms its status as a
fossil human species, Homo floresiensis.
In terms of features from the late archaic /
early modern
humans found throughout the
Old World, the researchers observed the
fossils as having a large size that fitted a large brain, and cranial vaults that were lightly built and had modest brow ridges.
Dated to between 175,000 to 200,000 years
old, the
fossil is 50,000 years
older than any other
human fossil found in the region, suggesting
humans left Africa far
earlier than previously thought.
May 22, 2017 3.3 million - year -
old fossil reveals origins of the
human spine Analysis of a 3.3 million - year -
old fossil skeleton reveals the most complete spinal column of any
early human relative, enabling efficient walking motions millions of years
earlier than previously thought.
Visit Tanzania where two million year
old fossils suggest it was home to the world's first
humans; wander among Zimbabwe's Matobo Hills to discover rock paintings illustrating
early religious beliefs, foraging traditions and
human progress; and meet the Massai People of Kenya to understand the cultural heritage of one of Africa's remaining semi-nomadic tribes.
I suggest look at the
fossil sequences of
human ancestors from
early apes to australopithicus, homo erectus and homo habilis to homo sapiens, and notice how they morph one into the other quite smoothly, all explained by Darwinian evolution, while with respect the
old testament verision is clearly a creation myth like you find in
early greek and roman culture etc, an imaginative guess, and very implausible in light of our current understanding of things.