Ancient Hominin Skull Dating Rewrites Prehistoric Human History
TL;DR
A nearly complete hominin skull found in Greece in 1960 has been dated to at least 286,000 years old using uranium-series dating, providing new insights into European human evolution and suggesting it coexisted with early Neanderthals during the Middle Pleistocene.
- Mystery hominin skull discovered in 1960 dated to at least 286,000 years old Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Mystery Greek hominin skull dated to be at least 286,000 years old Phys.org
- Hominin skull discovered in 1960 finally gets an accurate age Popular Science
- New Dating of Enigmatic 'Petralona Skull' Reveals Neanderthals Weren't Alone in Prehistoric Europe The Debrief
- 300,000-Year-Old Skull Shows Neanderthals Lived Alongside Another Ancient Human Ancestor IFLScience
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