New evidence about early human migration

New archaeological evidence has undermined elements of the so-called "Out of Africa" theory, the widely supported model that maps the migration of the earliest humans from Africa. Scientists now believe humans departed Africa as early as 120,000 years ago—60,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, in Jena, Germany, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, used cutting-edge DNA analysis to date ancient human bones found in Asia. In a report published in the journal Science on Thursday, the researchers reveal that the bones, from southern and central China, date from between 70,000 and 120,000 years ago.  Evidence rewrites...Continue reading

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