Skull May Document Migration From Africa: https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/t75 Runboard| Skull May Document Migration From Africa: en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:35:50 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:35:50 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Skull May Document Migration From Africa:https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p118,from=rss#post118https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p118,from=rss#post118Ancient Israeli Skull May Document Migration From Africa: Long ago, humans left their evolutionary cradle in Africa and passed through the Middle East on their way to Europe. Now scientists have found the first fossil remains that appear to document that journey, a partial skull from an Israeli cave. The skull dates from around 55,000 years ago, fitting into the period when scientists had thought the migrants inhabited the area. And details of its anatomy resemble ancient skulls from Europe, Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University in Israel wrote in an email. He and others present the finding in a paper released Wednesday by the journal Nature. The skull, which lacks facial features and its base, was found in Manot Cave in the Galilee region of northern Israel. The migrants are called modern humans because of their anatomy. The earliest remains of modern humans in Europe date to about 45,000 years ago. Experts not connected with the work were impressed. "This is the first evidence we have of the humans who made this journey," apart from some ancient tools, said Eric Delson of Lehman College and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Although finding a fossil that fits so well with what was believed about the ancient migration might be expected, "we didn't have it before," he said. Since Neanderthals were already known to inhabit the area, the skull also documents that they and modern humans co-existed there, as suspected, Harvati said. That supports the idea that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred there, experts said. Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London wrote in an email that the skull is the first fossil of a modern human from western Asia that is well-dated. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ancient-israeli-skull-document-migration-africa-28551324 http://anthro.palomar.edu/hominid/australo_1.htm https://helix.northwestern.edu/article/first-out-africa {Does anyone know what the first species of hominids were that originally left Africa? I know there were some 8 or 9 species that existed at different times and a few that existed at the same time such as the Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons but I can't seem to find what species were the first to leave Africa. There have been several theories but as far as I am aware of nothing that has been proved definitively. Perhaps I have missed it. The evolution of hominids is a fascinating study and their eventual dispersal from the African cradle to spread around the world suggests a natural curiosity that would rival the cats. From leaving Africa to visiting the moon humans seem to have to know what lays beyond the next hill. I think the key to finding out who and what we are lies in the distant past when some unknown ancestor with his feet in the mud looks up and marvelled at the stars.} nondisclosed_email@example.com (Noserose)Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:26:44 +0000