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https://www.science.org/content/article/fossils-point-common-ancestor-modern-humans-neanderthals

The African fossil is around 770,000 years old. This was around the
time that the ancestors of Neanderthal and Denisovans left Africa. This individual was likely part of the population that eventually gave rise
to modern humans and our Neanderthal and Denisovan relatives.

Ron Okimoto

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