A 177,000-year-old jawbone fossil discovered in Israel is oldest human remains found outside Africa

A fossil discovery in a cave in Israel provides evidence that the oldest-known homo sapiens left Africa, where our species is thought to have originated, far earlier than scientists previously thought. On Thursday, researchers revealed that they discovered a partial jawbone bearing seven teeth in Israel.

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