A finger bone from an unexpected place and time upends the story of human migration out of Africa

It ’s only 3 centimeters long and less than 1 centimeter wide, but it has the potential to rewrite the history of our ancestors’ migration out of Africa.The object in question is a fossilized piece of a bone, probably the middle portion of a middle finger. Based on its shape, scientists believe...

Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 9, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Karen Kaplan Source Type: news