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New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens

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  • Jean-Jacques Hublin

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    Chaire Internationale de Paléoanthropologie, Collège de France)

  • Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer

    (Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine)

  • Shara E. Bailey

    (Center for the Study of Human Origins, New York University)

  • Sarah E. Freidline

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Simon Neubauer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Matthew M. Skinner

    (School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent)

  • Inga Bergmann

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Adeline Le Cabec

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Stefano Benazzi

    (University of Bologna)

  • Katerina Harvati

    (Paleoanthropology, Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment, and DFG Center for Advanced Studies: “Words, Bones, Genes, Tools”, Eberhard Karls Universität)

  • Philipp Gunz

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

Abstract

New human fossils from Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) document the earliest evolutionary stage of Homo sapiens and display modern conditions of the face and mandible combined with more primative features of the neurocranium.

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  • Jean-Jacques Hublin & Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer & Shara E. Bailey & Sarah E. Freidline & Simon Neubauer & Matthew M. Skinner & Inga Bergmann & Adeline Le Cabec & Stefano Benazzi & Katerina Harvati & Philip, 2017. "New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens," Nature, Nature, vol. 546(7657), pages 289-292, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:546:y:2017:i:7657:d:10.1038_nature22336
    DOI: 10.1038/nature22336
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