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Homo sapiens 315 ± 34 kya - present (incl. Homo helmei) (jan 1, 315000 BC – jul 3, 2019)

Description:

Linnaeus, 1758

earliest:
Jebel Irhoud - 315 ± 34 kya
or
? Kapthurin
? H. helmei - Florisbad Skull - 259 ± 35 ka
mixed traits with H.heidelbergensis

oldest Anatomically modern humans:
Herto Bouri
Homo sapiens idaltu
BOU-VP-16/1 - Herto Man - b. 160 154 kya
or
Omo Kibish - 195 ± 5 kya

Melka Kunturé:
Gomboré III - c. 150 kya

see also:
Homo wajakensis (Mayr 1950) -
Wajak crania - initially considered related to H. erectus, currently recognised as anatomically modern human - b. 12 and 5 (or b. 37 and 28) kya

sources:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317834148_New_fossils_from_Jebel_Irhoud_Morocco_and_the_pan-African_origin_of_Homo_sapiens
(alternative dating: 286 ± 32 ka)

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Date:

jan 1, 315000 BC
jul 3, 2019
~ 317230 years