RT Journal Article
T1 The earliest modern humans outside Africa
A1 Hershkovitz, Israel
A1 Weber, Gerhard W.
A1 Quam, Rolf
A1 Duval, Mathieu
A1 Grün, Rainer
A1 Kinsley, Leslie
A1 Ayalon, Avner
A1 Bar-Matthews, Miryam
A1 Valladas, Helene
A1 Mercier, Norbert
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Martinón-Torres, María
A1 Bermúdez de Castro, José María
A1 Fornai, Cinzia
A1 Martín-Francés, Laura
A1 Sarig, Rachel
A1 May, Hila
A1 Krenn, Viktoria A.
A1 Slon, Viviane
A1 Rodríguez, Laura
A1 García, Rebeca
A1 Lorenzo, Carlos
A1 Carretero, José Miguel
A1 Frumkin, Amos
A1 Shahack-Gross, Ruth
A1 Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella E.
A1 Cui, Yaming
A1 Wu, Xinzhi
A1 Peled, Natan
A1 Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris
A1 Weissbrod, Lior
A1 Yeshurun, Reuven
A1 Tsatskin, Alexander
A1 Zaidner, Yossi
A1 Weinstein-Evron, Mina
AB To date, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa are dated to around 90,000 to 120,000 years ago at the Levantine sites of Skhul and Qafzeh. A maxilla and associated dentition recently discovered at Misliya Cave, Israel, was dated to 177,000 to 194,000 years ago, suggesting that members of the Homo sapiens clade left Africa earlier than previously thought. This finding changes our view on modern human dispersal and is consistent with recent genetic studies, which have posited the possibility of an earlier dispersal of Homo sapiens around 220,000 years ago. The Misliya maxilla is associated with full-fledged Levallois technology in the Levant, suggesting that the emergence of this technology is linked to the appearance of Homo sapiens in the region, as has been documented in Africa.
PB American Association for the Advancement of Science
SN 0036-8075
YR 2018
FD 2018-01-26
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12029
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12029
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
NO Israel Science Foundation
NO Dan David Foundation
NO Fundación Atapuerca
NO The Leakey Foundation
DS Docta Complutense
RD 13 abr 2025