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Misliya Jaw Rewrites Out of Africa Timing
- Recent dates place an Upper Jaw from Misliya Cave at ~185,000 years, suggesting early Homo sapiens left Africa far earlier than the commonly cited 120–70 kya window.
- The host stresses caution: fossil classification and migration timing are fluid as new finds repeatedly push back emergence dates.
Migration Was Gradual And Recurrent Not Singular
- Human populations likely migrated in and out of Africa repeatedly rather than a single, neat exodus, so rigid labels and fixed dates are misleading.
- The host warns against pigeonholing fossils as 100% Homo sapiens or fixing a single migration date.
Neanderthal DNA Marks Early Eurasian Interbreeding
- Genetic data shows non-African modern humans share more Neanderthal DNA than African populations, indicating interbreeding where ranges overlapped.
- The Levant region likely hosted contact and gene flow between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.