Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, scientists claim

Researchers have discovered a 1.9-million-year-old skull that they believe significantly alters our understanding of human evolution. The skull, found in Dmanisi, Georgia, belongs to an early human species known as Homo erectus, which was previously thought to have existed around 1.4 million years ago. The new analysis suggests that Homo erectus, the first human species to migrate out of Africa, may have emerged at least 500,000 years earlier than previously believed. This finding challenges the traditional timeline of human evolution, which has long held that our species, Homo sapiens, emerged around 300,000 years ago. The discovery of this ancient skull, along with other fossils found in the Dmanisi site, provides a glimpse into the diversity and complexity of early human species. The researchers emphasize that this new evidence will require a reassessment of the current understanding of human origins and the migration patterns of our ancestors.