Question : Recently(January 2022) in which country archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest human fossil ?
a. Iraq
b. Egypt
c. Kango Dem. Rep.
d. None of the above
Ans. d.
Related facts —
- Ancient human fossils discovered in Ethiopia may be 230,000 years old. Experts have claimed this in a recent(January 2022) study.
- These fossils are known as Omo I.
- The fossils were discovered in the late 1960s.
- These are believed to be one of the earliest examples of Homo sapiens fossils. So far, in previous studies, they were reported to be less than 200,000 years old.
- A new study from the University of Cambridge suggests that the fossils probably predate a massive volcanic eruption in the region that occurred 230,000 years ago.
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