Happy 350,000th birthday: Study pushes back Homo sapiens origins
Will Dunham
Dr. Helena Malmström conducting on-site sampling of bone material in a mobile sampling lab pictured in this handout photo obtained by Reuters September 28, 2017. Mattias Jakobsson/Handout via REUTERS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetic data from the skeletal remains of seven people who lived centuries ago in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province is offering intriguing new evidence that our species, Homo sapiens, is older than previously believed.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-science-humans/happy-350000th-birthday-study-pushes-back-homo-sapiens-origins-idUKKCN1C32XZ
