US EditionThe African Origin of Humanity Reinforced by an Ancestor Discovered in Morocco, Says a Study
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Mandibuls of two adults and a child, a female, several teeth and vervebres found in Morocco reinforce the hypothesis of the African origin of man. Fosseis reveal ancient of the Homo sapiens.
An international team of researchers discovered remains of hominids in the city of Casablanca, Morocco, with an estimated age of 773,000 years. Fossils provide new evidence on the African origin of Homo sapiens and help solve one of the main enigmas of human evolution.The finding was released on Wednesday, January 7, during a conference in Rabat, led by Moroccan Culture Minister Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, along with scientists who participated in th…
In Morocco, a new ancestor of humanity has just been discovered. It is several fossils of individuals, having lived 773,000 years ago, that were discovered by an international research team. It published its results on January 7, 2026 in the journal Nature.
Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco
A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.The discovery of 773,000-year-old fossils in a cave in Morocco is transforming the geography of human origins by placing the start of the modern-human lineage squarely in northwestern Africa, according to a new study.In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed…
The discovery of human fossils of 773,000 years old in Casablanca fills a crucial "empty" in the genealogy of our species. Between archaic features and modernity, these Moroccan remains reposition North Africa as an essential laboratory of human evolution, at the hinge of African and Eurasian lines. An image disseminated by the program Prehistory of Casablanca on January 7, 2026 showing the mandible ThI-GH-10717 during his excavation at the care…
Human remains of more than 770,000 years ago point to an African lineage prior to Homo sapiens An international team of researchers has located in a quarry in Casablanca, Morocco, remains of hominids of approximately 773,000 years old. The finding provides new information about the human populations that lived in Africa long before the appearance of the first Homo sapiens known so far. The study, published this Wednesday in Nature magazine, anal…
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