Humans Left Africa Far Earlier Than We Thought

Stone tools discovered in the Arabian peninsula suggest modern humans may have left Africa 125,000 years ago—some 50,000 years earlier than previously believed. Genetic data points to humans departing Africa around 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, the BBC notes. But the genetic data is “very…

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Humans Left Africa Far Earlier Than We Thought

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