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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hershkovitz, Israel
• Weber, Gerhard W
• Quam, Rolf
• Duval, Mathieu
• Grün, Rainer
• Kinsley, Leslie
• Ayalon, Avner
• Bar-Matthews, Miryam
• Valladas, Helene
• Mercier, Norbert
• Arsuaga, Juan Luis
• Martinón-Torres, María
• Bermúdez de Castro, José María
• Fornai, Cinzia
• Martín-Francés, Laura
• Sarig, Rachel
• May, Hila
• Krenn, Viktoria A
• Slon, Viviane
• Rodríguez, Laura
• García, Rebeca
• Lorenzo, Carlos
• Carretero, Jose Miguel
• Frumkin, Amos
• Shahack-Gross, Ruth
• Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella E
• Cui, Yaming
• Wu, Xinzhi
• Peled, Natan
• Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris
• Weissbrod, Lior
• Yeshurun, Reuven
• Tsatskin, Alexander
• Zaidner, Yossi
• Weinstein-Evron, Mina

Titel

The earliest modern humans outside Africa

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2018-01, Vol.359 (6374), p.456-459

Ort / Verlag

United States: The American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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 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 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 in the region, as has been documented in Africa.