Ancient Fossil Finger From Saudi Arabia Challenges Migration Theory

Fossil finger bone of Homo sapiens from the Al Wusta site, Saudi Arabia. © Ian Cartwright

A lone finger bone unearthed in the desert suggests modern humans had penetrated deep into Arabia 85,000 years ago.

A study, published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, challenges a consensus that humans started to move en masse from Africa about 60,000 years ago, with a few small, unsuccessful migrations before.

Recent findings have led archaeologists to question that idea, with some claiming evidence of homo sapiens spreading beyond Africa and the adjacent Levant region 120,000 or more years ago.

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