Scientists Date a Homo Sapiens Fossil at Ninety-two Thousand Years
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Social Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Anthropology, Anthropologists, Natural History
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, French History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, France, Israel
- Date: 1987-1988
Article abstract: A team of scientists gave an age of ninety-two thousand years for a modern-looking Homo sapiens, more than doubling the length of time that modern humans have been known to exist.
Summary of Event
The origin of modem human beings has been a persistent and vexing problem for prehistorians. Part of their difficulty is widespread disagreement over the relationship between modern man and his closest extinct relative, Neanderthal man. Neanderthals differ from modem and some archaic humans by the extreme robustness of their skeletons and by...
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