Ancient “mosaic” fossils found in Morocco challenge the timeline of human evolution Fossils from 773,000 years ago found in a Moroccan cave show a mix of ancient and modern human features, indicating key traits of our species emerged much earlier than the traditional 200,000-year estimate. The fossils display a blend: a relatively flat, modern-looking face alongside archaic features like a pronounced brow ridge, placing this population at a critical evolutionary juncture close to the last common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans. The find challenges the simple “out of Africa” model, suggesting early human populations left Africa before fully modern traits…

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