Found bones of 9,000-year-old rotten fingers in Saudi Arabia

If the evaluation of the date is correct, scientists' hypothetical "Leaving Africa" ​​hypothesis will have more credible evidence.

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have found the oldest human bone in the Middle East in a recent survey.

The bone part found is the middle burning of "rotten fingers" dating back over 9,000 years old. If this assessment is correct, this is the oldest bone ever found in the Arabian Peninsula as well as helping to make predictions about the time when smart people leave Africa and look to other continents.

Bone "rotten fingers" found in Saudi Arabia is estimated to be 9,000 years old.

The "Leaving Africa" hypothesis says that homo sapiens leave Africa 60,000 years ago. However, there is evidence that another small group migrated before that time. The fossil found in Israel last year showed that modern people left Africa 120,000 years ago, but this hypothesis was rejected soon after.

Scientists believe that the first migration failed and they had to return to Africa. This search was conducted between archaeologists from Oxford University (England) and colleagues from Saudi Arabia.

The location of the "rotten fingers" bones is the Taas al-Ghadha area in Tayma city, northwestern Saudi Arabia.

Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of Saudi Arabia's World Heritage and Tourism Commission, announced the discovery a few days ago.

According to London-based Asharq Al-Awsat, the discovery was: "The important achievement for Saudi Arabian scientists and the result is very encouraging after the efforts of Prince Sultan for the country's archeology. ".

However, the bones found in Saudi Arabia are not the oldest in the world. The oldest human bone ever found is the jaw bone in Ethiopia, dating back 2.8 million years.