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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Skull Is First Fossil Proof of Human Migration Theory, Study Says


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An artist's rendering depicts a fossil skull discovered in 1952 near Hofmeyr, South Africa. The 36,000-year-old skull provides evidence that modern humans left Africa 70,000 to 50,000 years ago to colonize Eurasia, a study says.

Image courtesy Luci Betti-Nash/Science