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Israel Hershkovitz1,2, Gerhard W Weber3, Rolf Quam4,5,6, Mathieu Duval7,8, Rainer Grün7,9, Leslie Kinsley9, Avner Ayalon10, Miryam Bar-Matthews10, Helene Valladas11, Norbert Mercier12, Juan Luis Arsuaga5,13, María Martinón-Torres8,14, José María Bermúdez de Castro8,14, Cinzia Fornai3,15, Laura Martín-Francés8,16, Rachel Sarig2,17, Hila May18,2, Viktoria A Krenn3,15, Viviane Slon18, Laura Rodríguez5,19,20, Rebeca García5,19, Carlos Lorenzo21,22, Jose Miguel Carretero5,19, Amos Frumkin23, Ruth Shahack-Gross24, Daniella E Bar-Yosef Mayer25,26, Yaming Cui27, Xinzhi Wu27, Natan Peled28, Iris Groman-Yaroslavski29, Lior Weissbrod29, Reuven Yeshurun29, Alexander Tsatskin29, Yossi Zaidner29,30, Mina Weinstein-Evron29.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID： 29371468 DOI： 10.1126/science.aap8369
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728