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Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans

Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans
general9/25/2025

Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution

A million-year-old human skull suggests that the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in time than previously thought and raises the possibility that Homo sapiens first emerged outside of Africa. Leading scientists reached this conclusi... [3257 chars]