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  • The Earliest Modern Humans Outside Africa

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    Hershkovitz, Israel
    Weber, Gerhard W.
    Quam, Rolf
    Duval, Mathieu
    Grun, Rainer
    Kinsley, Leslie
    Ayalon, Avner
    Bar-Matthews, Miryam
    Valladas, Helene
    Mercier, Norbert
    Arsuaga, Juan Luis
    Martinon-Torres, Maria
    Bermudez de Castro, Jose Maria
    Fornai, Cinzia
    Martin-Frances, Laura
    Sarig, Rachel
    May, Hila
    Krenn, Viktoria A.
    Slon, Viviane
    Rodriguez, Laura
    Garcia, Rebeca
    Lorenzo, Carlos
    Carretero, Jose Miguel
    Frumkin, Amos
    Shahack-Gross, Ruth
    Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella E.
    Cui, Yaming
    Wu, Xinzhi
    Peled, Natan
    et al., None
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    To date, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa are dated to around 90,000 to 120,000 years ago at the Levantine sites of Skhul and Qafzeh. A maxilla and associated dentition recently discovered at Misliya Cave, Israel, was dated to 177,000 to 194,000 years ago, suggesting that members of the Homo sapiens clade left Africa earlier than previously thought. This finding changes our view on modern human dispersal and is consistent with recent genetic studies, which have posited the possibility of an earlier dispersal of Homo sapiens around 220,000 years ago. The Misliya maxilla is associated with full-fledged Levallois technology in the Levant, suggesting that the emergence of this technology is linked to the appearance of Homo sapiens in the region, as has been documented in Africa.
    Journal Title
    Science
    Volume
    359
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap8369
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2018. This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science on Vol. 359, Issue 6374, pp. 456-459, 2018, DOI: 10.1126/science.aap8369.
    Subject
    Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/372670
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