Re: Evolution of Modern H. sapiens

Cameron Shelley (cpshelle@watarts.uwaterloo.ca)
Mon, 19 Jun 1995 13:35:56 GMT

herwin@osf1.gmu.edu (HARRY R. ERWIN) wrote:
[...]
>5. Modern H. sapiens, emerging from the North African group between
>100000 and 200000 years BP. Exploding into Asia between 50000 and 100000
>BP. In Europe about 35000 BP and in Australia 30000-50000 BP.

I'm curious. Weren't "anatomically modern" human remains found in
caves in South Africa (the name escapes me at the moment) dated roughly
100,000 BP?

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