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Earliest Homo
sapien fossils found
Scientific records conclude that the first
members of our species evolved in eastern
Africa about 200,000 years ago. But a new
fossil discovery at the Jebel Irhoud site in
Morocco shows human remains and tools
dating back 300,000 years
MOROCCO
AFRICA
Atlantic
Ocean
Composite reconstruction from fossil scans and measurements
•฀Modern-looking฀
face฀and฀teeth,฀
falls฀within฀the฀
variation฀of฀
humans฀
living฀today฀
•฀Large฀but฀more฀archaic-฀฀฀
looking฀braincase฀
Mandible discovered at Jebel Irhoud site
•฀Shape฀of฀jaw฀bone฀and฀
teeth฀directly฀correspond฀
to฀modern฀humans
5 cm
Source:฀Max฀Planck฀Institute฀for฀Evolutionary฀Anthropology
Graphic:฀Tribune฀News฀Service
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