[h=1]Skull May Solve Mystery of First Humans in Europe[/h]A 55,000-year-old human skull revealed in Israel is offering new clues about when the first humans may have traveled to Europe.
The incomplete skull fragment, which is supposed to be female, was excavated from a cave in western Galilea in the Middle East. Using shape investigation, scientists said the skull is similar to both recent African skulls from the time period and some European upper Paleolithic fossils.
The finding sheds new light on when early humans left Africa and traveled through the Middle East before colonizing Europe.
It is believed to be the primary proof of humans living in the Levant region during that time, according to discoveries published in the journal “Nature.” The Levant region is the area in the Middle East that includes modern-day countries including Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
While the skull fragment does not consist of facial features, scientists wrote that it is “unequivocally modern.” The discovery supports the trust that modern humans (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthals may have lived side by side in the Levant around the time interbreeding is believed to have occurred.
Neanderthal leftovers have previously been mined from areas near the cave also dating back to around the same time period.
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The incomplete skull fragment, which is supposed to be female, was excavated from a cave in western Galilea in the Middle East. Using shape investigation, scientists said the skull is similar to both recent African skulls from the time period and some European upper Paleolithic fossils.
The finding sheds new light on when early humans left Africa and traveled through the Middle East before colonizing Europe.
It is believed to be the primary proof of humans living in the Levant region during that time, according to discoveries published in the journal “Nature.” The Levant region is the area in the Middle East that includes modern-day countries including Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
While the skull fragment does not consist of facial features, scientists wrote that it is “unequivocally modern.” The discovery supports the trust that modern humans (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthals may have lived side by side in the Levant around the time interbreeding is believed to have occurred.
Neanderthal leftovers have previously been mined from areas near the cave also dating back to around the same time period.
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