Java Man not so old after all

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    The oldest human remains in Southeast Asia aren’t as old as we thought they
    were. An Indonesian-Japanese team of scientists has overturned a decades-old estimate of Homo erectus remains from Central Java in Indonesia, shaving off several hundred thousand years from the age of the globe-trotting hominin, the first to disperse out of Africa.

    Period10 Jan 2020

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    • TitleJava Man not so old after all First human species out of Africa reached Asia later than thought.
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletCosmos
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryAustralia
      Date10/01/20
      DescriptionThe oldest human remains in Southeast Asia aren’t as old as we thought they were. An Indonesian-Japanese team of
      scientists has overturned a decades-old estimate of Homo erectus remains from Central Java in Indonesia, shaving off
      several hundred thousand years from the age of the globe-trotting hominin, the first to disperse out of Africa.
      Producer/AuthorDyani Lewis
      URLhttps://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/java-man-not-so-old-after-all
      PersonsKE Westaway
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