The 200-thousand-year-old fossil found in Israel
Human fossils of about 200,000 years are found in the cave of Misliya, Israel. What do scientists say about human jaw-shaped fossils?
Paleoanthropologist from Tel Aviv University Professor Israel HersVovitz said the fossil discovery supports the idea of migrating modern humans out of Africa through the northern route of the Nile valley and east of the Mediterranean coast. And not the southern path through Bab al-Mandeb strait, the southern coast of Saudi Arabia, India and East Asia.
According to Hershkovitz, the findings suggest humans may wander outside the African continent at any time, when the climate allows.
"I do not believe there's a big exodus out of Africa, I think for hundreds of thousands of years (people) to come out of Africa whenever they want," Hershkovitz said. Source
Paleoanthropologist from Binghamton University New York Rolf Quam added that the fossil in Israel is an interesting finding for the time of migration of modern humans.
"This is an interesting discovery that gives another idea of migration (in years) earlier than Africa," Quam said. Source
Now we finally have fossil evidence of this migration, in addition to the conclusions drawn from ancient DNA research and archaeological sites.
The Guardian writing refers to the Journal of Science, the findings of human fossil skeletal remains in Israeli cave have teeth larger than the average human teeth in general. Even so, the fossil is believed to be a modern human skeleton (Homo sapiens).
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