Video: Discover the oldest modern fossil outside Africa
The 177,000-194,000-year-old jaw bone fragments reveal that modern people may have left Africa to other lands earlier than we thought.
Scientists yesterday announced the discovery of the fossil piece of the oldest modern person outside Africa.
Mysliya-1 fossils.
This finding shows that modern humans may have left African territory to reach other lands earlier than we thought.
The fossil, named Mysliya-1, is a piece of jaw that still retains some teeth, discovered in a prehistoric cave in northern Israel, a country in the Middle East.
Scientists estimate that Mysliya-1 fossils date to about 177,000 to 194,000 years.
Previously, the oldest modern fossil found outside African territory was estimated at only 90,000 - 120,000 years old. This means that modern humans may have left Africa earlier than we thought at least 50,000 years.
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