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Manot 1 is a fossil specimen designated to a skullcap that represents an archaic modern human discovered in Israel . It represents extinct humans called Manot people who lived in the Manot Cave (hence the name) in Western Galilee during the early Paleolithic period.1It was discovered in 2008 and the scientific description was first published in an online edition of Nature on 28 January 2015.2Radiometric dating indicates that it is about 54,700 years old, which in turn shows that it is the oldest known specimen that belongs to modern human. In addition it is also a good evidence for the Out of Africa theory . It also supports the idea that modern human ancestors could have interbred with another human species, the Neanderthals , as posited by genome analyses . PMID 25629628 . : Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored ( |display-authors= suggested) ( help ) "55,000-Year-Old Skull Fossil Sheds New Light on Human Migration out of Africa" .3
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Manot 1 is a fossil specimen designated to a skullcap that represents an archaic modern human discovered in Manot Cave , Western Galilee , Israel .It was discovered in 2008 and the scientific description was published in 2015.Radiometric dating indicates that it is about 54,700 years old (the late Mousterian ), and thought to be directly ancestral to the Upper Paleolithic populations of the Levant and Europe .PMID 25629628 . : Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored ( |display-authors= suggested) ( help ) Israel Hershkovitz et al.Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans.
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Hominin fossil Manot 1 is a fossil specimen designated to a skullcap that represents an archaic modern human discovered in Manot Cave , Western Galilee , Israel . It was discovered in 2008 and the scientific description was published in 2015. Radiometric dating indicates that it is about 54,700 years old (the late Mousterian ), and thought to be directly ancestral to the Upper Paleolithic populations of the Levant and Europe . Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans.
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fossil specimen designated to a skullcap that represents an archaic modern human discovered in israel
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fossil specimen designated to a skullcap that represents an archaic modern human discovered in manot cave
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