the first anatomically modern humans first appeared before 60, 000 years ago.
the first anatomically modern humans first appeared before 60, 000 years ago.
when did the first anatomically modern humans first appear?
before 60, 000 years ago
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according to both genetic and fossil evidence, archaic homo sapiens evolved into anatomically modern humans solely in the horn of africa between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago and have dispersed from the horn of africa. the recognition of "homo sapien idaltu" and omo kibish as anatomically modern humans would justify the description of contemporary humans with the subspecies name homo sapiens sapiens. because of their early dating and unique physical characteristics idaltu and kibish represent the immediate ancestors of anatomically modern humans as suggested by the out-of-africa theory. however, recent finds in jebel irhoud in morocco has been proven to contain older human remains then the ones found in the horn of africa; this suggests that, rather than arising in east africa around 200,000 years ago, modern humans may already have been present across the length of africa 100,000 years earlier. according to study author jean-jacques hublin, "the idea is that early "homo sapiens" dispersed around the continent and elements of human modernity appeared in different places, and so different parts of africa contributed to the emergence of what we call modern humans today." early humans may have comprised a large, interbreeding population dispersed across africa whose spread was facilitated by a wetter climate that created a "green sahara", around 330,000 to 300,000 years ago. the rise of modern humans may thus have taken place on a continental scale rather than being confined to a particular corner of africa. the migration route of the "out of africa" theory probably occurred in east africa however through bab el mandeb.
cushitic peoples