A fossil found in Israel indicates modern humans may have left Africa as much as 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. Previously, the oldest fossils of modern humans found outside of Africa were somewhere from 90,000 to 120,000 years old, also in Israel. Young adultThe jaw was found in 2002 in the collapsed Misliya cave on the western slope of Mount Carmel. Location of early modern human fossils in Africa and the Middle East. A view of Misliya Cave when approached climbing from the coastal plain.

Source: CBC News January 25, 2018 20:37 UTC