Still Waters Posted June 28, 2022 #1 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Multiple ancient hominin remains from caves in South Africa may be much, much older than previous estimates suggested. The Sterkfontein limestone cave system, not far from Johannesburg, has yielded so many ancient bones from the hominin genus Australopithecus over the last century that its location has been dubbed the Cradle of Humankind – deeply important to the study of human evolution. Now, new dating techniques suggest that the remains date back nearly 4 million years – making them even older than the famous Australopithecus afarensis individual Dinkinesh, nicknamed Lucy. https://www.sciencealert.com/cradle-of-humankind-fossils-may-be-a-million-years-older-than-we-previously-thought The team's research has been published in PNAS. https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2123516119 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted June 29, 2022 #2 Share Posted June 29, 2022 That new date is much closer to the date apes and humans split apart from the family tree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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