After six years of analysis, fossil hunters in Africa have confirmed the discovery of the oldest fossilized remains of modern humans yet found -- portions of skulls belonging to people who lived 160,000 years ago. Paleontologists say the discovery adds detail to a crucial period in human evolution, and confirms the hypothesis that modern humans evolved in Africa. NPR' s Christopher Joyce reports.

A team led by University of California, Berkeley paleontologist Tim White found the fossils in desert sands near the Ethiopian village of Herto. "These are the oldest fossils that we can confidently place in our own species, Homo sapiens," says White.

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I think that as time goes on, we will find earlier and earlier fossils, to a certain degree anyway, and this will force scientists to rethink the human evolution timeline, and all those people like Graham Hancock will be more or less correct

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