'The Omo-Kibish formation' in The Omo National Park, south-western Ethiopia. The remains of the Kibish Omo I from Ethiopia, among the oldest known fossils of Homo sapiens in eastern Africa, could be at least 36,000 years older than previously thought, according to a paper published in Nature.  The minimum age is estimated to be approximately 233,000 years old, a timescale that aligns more consistently with models of modern human evolution. AFP
'The Omo-Kibish formation' in The Omo National Park, south-western Ethiopia. The remains of the Kibish Omo I from Ethiopia, among the oldest known fossils of Homo sapiens in eastern Africa, could be aShow more

Fossils of ancient humans 36,000 years older than first thought