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[https://popular-archaeology.com/article/earliest-human-remains-in-eastern-africa-dated-to-more-than-230000-years-ago/#google_vignette by Popular Archaeology 12/1/22] | [https://popular-archaeology.com/article/earliest-human-remains-in-eastern-africa-dated-to-more-than-230000-years-ago/#google_vignette by Popular Archaeology 12/1/22] | ||
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Cambridge, has reassessed the age of the Omo I remains – and Homo sapiens as a species. Earlier attempts to date the fossils suggested they were less than 200,000 years old, but the new research shows they must be older than a colossal volcanic eruption that took place 230,000 years ago. The results* are reported in the journal Nature. | An international team of scientists, led by the University of Cambridge, has reassessed the age of the Omo I remains – and Homo sapiens as a species. Earlier attempts to date the fossils suggested they were less than 200,000 years old, but the new research shows they must be older than a colossal volcanic eruption that took place 230,000 years ago. The results* are reported in the journal Nature. | ||
=====Louis Leakey===== | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Leakey by WIKIPEDIA] | |||
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey. Having established a programme of palaeoanthropological inquiry in eastern Africa, he also motivated many future generations to continue this scholarly work. Several members of the Leakey family became prominent scholars themselves.[1] | |||
