Furthermore, analysis of purified glass separates from the WAVT and the Konso tuff yielded data on major-element oxides and trace elements that confirm this correlation. Combined bulk glass major- and ...

Scientists have discovered three human skulls, all dated to be about 160,000 years old, in the Afar region of Ethiopia. BBC News Online explains why researchers regard the finds as so significant. A ...

Fixing the timeline of human history has been one of archeology’s most exciting — and frustrating — endeavors. In part, that’s because scientists have limited fossil evidence to help them put a pin on ...

Three partial skulls excavated in eastern Africa, dating to between 154,000 and 160,000 years ago, represent the oldest known fossils of modern people, according to the ancient skulls’ discoverers.

The curtains had been drawn in the conference room, the audience of politicians, scientists and journalists spoke in respectful hushed tones - and on a black velvet cloth on a table in the corner lay ...

Berkeley -The fossilized skulls of two adults and one child discovered in the Afar region of eastern Ethiopia have been dated at 160,000 years, making them the oldest known fossils of modern humans, ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., June 12, 2003 - An international team of scientists, including a researcher from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has discovered fossilized skulls that lend further credence to the ...

The fossils and archaeological remains occur in volcaniclastic sandstones and gravel deposits of the older part of the Upper Herto Member of the Bouri Formation. The lower boundary of this member is ...