Oldest modern human remains older than previously thought

New probe suggests modern humans are overmuch older than antecedently thought.

The property of the oldest homo sapien discovered omo 1 is astatine slightest 230,000 years old.

The remains were archetypal recovered nether volcanic ash successful Ethiopia successful the 1960s.

They were initially believed to beryllium astir 200,000 years old.

But researchers astatine the University of Cambridge cleared up the property by dating the volcanic rocks recovered supra it.

Rocks were linked to the shala volcano, which erupted 230,000 years ago.

Since omo 1 was recovered beneath that ash layer, it indispensable beryllium older than that.

Though earlier humans person been recovered successful Africa, omo 1 is the oldest with modern characteristics.