Possible Early Human Ancestor Femur Uncovered in the Balkans - Archaeology Magazine

Possible Early Human Ancestor Femur Uncovered in the Balkans - Archaeology Magazine

TÜBINGEN, GERMANY—According to a statement released by the University of Tübingen, an international team of researchers who evaluated a fossil femur unearthed at the site of Azmaka in southern Bulgaria suggests that it could belong to a human ancestor. “At 7.2 million years old, this ancestor, which we classify as belonging to the genus Graecopithecus, could be the oldest known human,” said paleoanthropologist David Begun of the University of To…

Did the first human ancestor originate in the Balkans?

An international team of researchers has discovered a 7.2 million-year-old Graecopithecus femur in Bulgaria. The post Did the first human ancestor originate in the Balkans? appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.