“In other words, if modern humans started traveling out of Africa some 200,000 years ago, it follows that they must have originated in Africa at least 300,000 to 500,000 years ago.” Until now, the ...

A new study details the earliest modern human burial in Africa. The remains of a 2.5 to 3 year-old child were found in a flexed position, deliberately buried in a shallow grave directly under the ...

Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 ... and a rich source of early human remains and artefacts such as stone tools ... “First I found there was a geochemical ...

The findings prove that early modern homo sapiens in eastern Africa were burying members of their group between 78,000 to 79,000 years ago — the earliest known finding of a human burial in Africa.

On the Cape Coast, few skeletal remains have been found. The sites on South Africa's Cape South Coast all range in age, with the most recent dating back about 71,000 years.

Difficulty in dating early human fossils Dating fossils from the site proved tricky. They were too old for radiocarbon dating, which can only date remains from up to 46,000 years ago.

The molar was found by a research student at the Orozmani dig site, dated between 1.77 and 1.84 million years old, in the Caucasus region. It's one of the earliest signs of hominins outside of Africa.

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Difficulty in dating early human fossils Dating fossils from the site proved tricky. They were too old for radiocarbon dating, which can only date remains from up to 46,000 years ago.