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Earliest Human Remains in East Africa Older Than Thought

The age of the earliest human remains in East Africa widely recognized as representing our Homo sapiens species has long been uncertain. Now, the dating of a massive volcanic eruption in Ethiopia reveals they are much older than previously thought. The remains — known as Omo I — were found in Ethiopia in the late 1960s, ...

Troy Oakes

The Omo Kibish Formation in southwestern Ethiopia.