A Greek skull may belong to the oldest human found outside of Africa
Homo sapiens may have reached southeastern Europe as early as 210,000 years ago
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GREEK ENTRY Two partial skulls from a Greek cave, one identified as a Neandertal (left) and one as a Homo sapiens (right), point to a human presence in southeastern Europe more than 200,000 years ago followed by Neandertals replacing them at least 170,000 years ago.
K. Harvati/Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen