[PIF]

But here's the catch: Homo sapiens supposedly didn't trek out of Africa until around 60,000 years ago. And Neanderthal DNA appears in living modern humans with heritage from every part of the world except Africa, suggesting the groups did not mix until they left the continent.

So these new findings suggest that some modern humans might have left Africa before 100,000 years ago.

[Red Badger]

Old theory is wrong. They must get new theory........

[tbw2]

By dating it that far back, you are now back to the multi-regional evolution hypothesis.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks PIF and BroJoeK for the pings.

KEYWORDS: neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries

"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

a few selections from the FRchives:

• Ancient hominids may have been seafarers [01/14/2010]
• On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners [02/17/2010]
• Cretan tools point to 130,000-year-old sea travel [01/03/2011]
• Anthropologist suggests Mediterranean islands inhabited much earlier than thought [11/16/2012]
• Neanderthals are almost TWICE as old as first thought: DNA suggests emerged 700,000 years ago [09/14/2015]
• Petroglyph in Spain Marks when Atlantic and Mediterranean Cultures Met [10/06/2015]
• Discovery Of 47 Teeth In Chinese Cave Changes Picture Of Human Migration Out Of Africa [10/17/2015]
• Italy's first Neanderthal dates back 250,000 years [11/06/2015]
• Thigh bone points to unexpectedly long survival of ancient human ancestors [12/17/2015]
  • Ancient human ancestor may have persisted through Ice Age [12/17/2015]
  • Mysterious 14,000-year-old leg bone may belong to archaic human species [12/20/2015]
• Latest study suggests early human dispersal into Spain through Strait of Gibraltar [01/02/2016]
• Neanderthals boosted our immune system [01/07/2016]
  • Neanderthal-human trysts may be linked to modern depression, heart disease [02/12/2016]
• Archaeologists Return to Neanderthal Cave as ISIS Pushed from Iraq [01/05/2016]
• Archaeologists Return to Neanderthal Cave as ISIS Pushed from Iraq [01/05/2016]