The origin story of Homo sapiens is told piecewise through archaeological finds and scientific analysis, all of which amounts to us using that data to try and connect the dots. At a point in that timeline, between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans (AMH) from Africa expanded across Europe and Asia.
Until now, however, fossil evidence has been scarce.An expansive cave in Northern Israel where early humans lived for thousands of years, locked away and preserved after its entrance collapsed some 30,000 years ago. It's in this time capsule of human evolution that researchers say they've found a partial skull that serves as a "connecting link" between ancient and modern humans — "the first direct fossil evidence that modern humans inhabited the Levantine corridor" about 55,000 years ago.
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Joe Kinghere
The products of such unions are still to be seen today; the footballing ace Wayne Rooney being the most celebrated example.
T. Frederick
1000th article on the missing link skull (seems like there’s an article every-other month). But, it never pans out. Hmmmmm
Bayern
Trying to find the news section on this dumb-ass new layout of the Guardian, this seems to be the nearest they get.