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 Fossil Feces Revise History 

Evidence shows humans arrived in North America much earlier than thought

National Geographic National Geographic Apr 3, 08 9:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fossilized feces found in an Oregon cave have scientists rethinking how and when humans first came to North America. At 14,300 years old, the ancient poop was deposited at least 1,000 years before humans were thought to roam the area, National Geographic reports. Discoveries like this "help us to reconstruct the American past," one of the scientists says. More »

More about:  Oregon • fossil • discovery • archeology • origins of humanity

 New Fossil Rocks Human History

Indicates man settled in Europe far earlier than thought

Bloomberg Bloomberg Mar 27, 08 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - An incredibly old jawbone discovered in a Spanish cave could rewrite human history, scientists say. The bone with teeth is 1.2 million years old and belongs to a long-extinct human ancestor called Homo antecessor. It's at least 300,000 years older than any other human fossil found in Europe. The discovery, along with stone tools and animal bones at the site, suggests that early humans colonized Europe much earlier than thought, Bloomberg reports. More »

More about:  Europe • archaeology • fossil • anthropology • Neanderthals • origins of humanity • jawbone • Homo antecessor

Kenyan Fossil Rattles Human
Family Tree

Skull suggests two precursors were actually concurrent

National Geographic National Geographic Aug 9, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of our ancestors apparently lived alongside each other in Africa rather than evolving from one to the next on the path to Homo sapiens , as scientists once believed. National Geographic reports that a Homo habilis skull dug up in Kenya is surprisingly young, making its 1.4 million-year-old owner a neighbor to Homo erectus rather than an evolutionary forerunner. More »

More about:  Africa • Kenya • evolution • archaeology • fossil • human evolution • anthropology • origins of humanity • homo sapiens • Homo erectus

Fossil Proves
We're All African

Moroccan find sets human origins
back 100,000 years

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Mar 14, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ancient jawbone found in Morocco suggests that modern human ancestry emerged 100,000 years earlier than previously believed—and in Africa, rather than Europe. Until now, scientists believed that modern humans didn't emerge until 20,000 to 30,000 years ago. But the Moroccan bone is 160,000 years old, with teeth that show a lengthy childhood—indicating the ability to create a complex society. More »

More about:  Africa • evolution • fossil • Morocco • origins of humanity • jawbone • modern man • homo sapien

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