An ancient jaw pushes humans’ African departure back in time
Fossil found in Israeli cave is at least 177,000 years old
![partial jaw bone](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/012518_BB_ancientjaw_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
LEAVING EARLY This nearly 200,000-year-old partial jaw found in Israel indicates that Homo sapiens left Africa a surprisingly long time ago, scientists say. The evolutionary identity of the jaw is open to debate, though.
I. Hershkovitz/Tel Aviv University