Redefining Human Evolution: The Broken Hill Skull Discovery
Researchers from Griffith University and the London Natural History Museum revisited a 20th-century find, proposing a more accurate age for Zambia’s ancient human skull, previously misdated as 500,000 years old.
Modern techniques revealed the skull is 299,000 years old, suggesting a time when multiple human species coexisted. This 2020 revelation challenges previous historical narratives about human evolution.