One of the oldest human fossils just got older: study

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by Juliette COLLEN Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – One of the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils may be more than 35,000 years older than previously thought, according to a study on Wednesday that used volcanic ash to date the find. Kibish Omo I, first unearthed in Ethiopia in 1967, contained only bone and skull fragments which were difficult to date directly and experts long remained divided over their age. Geologists in 2005 analysed the […]