Modern humans may have left Africa earlier than thought

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 16:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Modern humans may have left Africa thousands of years earlier than previously thought, turning right and heading across the Red Sea into Arabia rather than following the Nile to a northern exit, an international team of researchers says.

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