Tracing humanity's African ancestry may mean rewriting 'out of Africa' dates

 New research by a University of Alberta archeologist may lead to a rethinking of how, when and from where our ancestors left Africa.

U of A researcher and anthropology chair Pamela Willoughby's explorations in the Iringa region of southern Tanzania yielded fossils and other evidence that records the beginnings of our own species, Homo sapiens. Her research, recently published in the journal Quaternary International, may be key to answering questions about early human occupation and the migration out of Africa about 60,000 to 50,000 years ago, which led to modern humans colonizing the globe.

From two sites, Mlambalasi and nearby Magubike, she and members of her team, the Iringa Region Archaeological Project, uncovered artifacts that outline continuous human occupation between modern times and at least 200,000 years ago, including during a late Ice Age period when a near extinction-level event, or "genetic bottleneck," likely occurred. [... ] ScienceDaily

Actualización 19-12-12. Nuevas evidencias sobre los ancestros del Homo sapiens podrían obligar a repensar la teoría "Fuera de África"
La investigación y las excavaciones realizadas por una investigadora canadiense de dos enclaves en el sur de Tanzania podría llevar a un replanteamiento de la teoría "Out of Africa" (Fuera de África), la cual describe la diáspora humana alrededor del mundo, según un nuevo informe publicado en la revista Quaternary Internacional...