Ancient Greek Skull Challenges Human Evolution Theories
TL;DR
A nearly complete skull found in Greece, known as the Petralona skull, has been dated to be at least 286,000 years old using U-series dating, shedding light on its place in human evolutionary history and suggesting it belongs to a distinct, primitive Homo group that coexisted with other hominin species in Europe during the Middle Pleistocene.
Topics:science#homo-genus#human-evolution#middle-pleistocene#petralona-skull#science#u-series-dating
- Mystery Greek Skull Found – Dated to Be Over 286,000 Years Old! Indian Defence Review
- Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds Live Science
- Mystery hominin skull discovered in 1960 dated to at least 286,000 years old Archaeology News Online Magazine
- 300,000-Year-Old Skull Shows Neanderthals Lived Alongside Another Ancient Human Ancestor IFLScience
- Skull that ‘Challenged Out of Africa Theory’ Re-dated – Does this End the Debate? Ancient Origins
Want the full story? Read the original reporting
Read on Indian Defence Review