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Humans are much older than we thought

Rekonstruktion der frühesten bekannten Homo sapiens-Fossilien von Jebel Irhoud, Marokko

Rekonstruktion der frühesten bekannten Homo sapiens-Fossilien von Jebel Irhoud, Marokko Source: Max Planck Institut

German-born Dr Rainer Grün, director of the Australian Research Center of Human Evolution at Brisbane´s Griffith University, helped determine the age of the fossils found in Morocco using modern techniques. Fossilised skulls show that modern humans have been on the planet for 300,000 years.


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German-born Dr Rainer Grün, director of the Australian Research Center of Human Evolution at Brisbane´s Griffith University, helped determine the age of the fossils found in Morocco using modern techniques. Fossilised skulls show that modern humans have been on the planet for 300,000 years.



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