Nature June 2017 PMID 28593953

New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens.

Jean-Jacques Hublin, Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer, Shara E Bailey, Sarah E Freidline, Simon Neubauer, Matthew M Skinner, Inga Bergmann, Adeline Le Cabec, Stefano Benazzi, Katerina Harvati, Philipp Gunz

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arvin15
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@Yeshu_Mashiah @karlelvis @Lilith_Atheist Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

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@HistoireAmazigh · X

« New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens »   Nature 2017 - Jean-Jacques Hublin & Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer https://t.co/093tgVswDI https://t.co/N6nHJ63pHO

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Majed |ماجد
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مصادر أكاديمية: مقالات علمية (مع روابط): Hublin, J.-J., Ben-Ncer, A., Bailey, S. E., Freidline, S. E., Neubauer, S., Skinner, M. M., ... & Richter, J. (2017). New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens. Nature, 546(7657), 289-292. الرابط:

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Graham Lawton
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@ChrisStringer65 Quoting 2017 nature paper by Houblin et al: https://t.co/6j6M3JagRZ "They were initially considered to be around 40 thousand years old and an African form of Neanderthals"

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Athe⚡️Ish
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@ICRscience Cool so the gospel is definitely false then since Homo sapiens have been around for ~300,000 years. Hublin, J.-J., et al. (2018). CITATION

Apr 22, 2023 · 1 like · 622 followers View post →
Maverick Cowboy Ranger Starz
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@anarcho_app @ytonytcrime @Jason_Bourne140 @Kjguappo2 Nigga for what you’re just too ret@rded to understand! Hublin, J. J., et al. (2017). New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens. Nature, 546(7657), 289–292.

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@luvsoya4 @1996gsp Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS, 2019): "Human Evolution Tracked Through Mitochondrial DNA" (DOI:

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arvin15
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@eaechill @m_liiv @Batrelkhawater Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS, 2019): "Human Evolution Tracked Through Mitochondrial DNA" (DOI:

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arvin15
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@5ft333 @m_liiv @Batrelkhawater Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS, 2019): "Human Evolution Tracked Through Mitochondrial DNA" (DOI: البحثان يشرحان كيف تكون الارض و كيف ظهر الانسان و كيف تطورت الحياه

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arvin15
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@BlackbirdTweet0 @almurtadmazin لا العلم يخبرك انك حيوان من فصيله متطوره اسمها الهومو سايبنس نسبك يرجع الئ مجموعة سكانية ظهرت في افريقيا و لم تنزل من السماء انما تطورت علئ الارض ولا ترجع جذوره الئ شبه الجزيره العربية Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) تأكد بنفسك

Aug 8, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
IZM Amuri / Empire of Morocco/ 1 KY
@AmuriIzm34375 · X

@SaidMolina10285 New fossils from Jebel Irhoud Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens - 315 K - Nature Morocco: the cradle of humankind Out-Of-Africa: from Morocco المغرب مهد البشرية End of lies https://t.co/CuNCQF0CgJ

Aug 3, 2025 · 151 followers View post →
Maverick Cowboy Ranger Starz
@Moonsunwalk · X

@anarcho_app @ytonytcrime @Jason_Bourne140 @Kjguappo2 Nigga for what you’re just too ret@rded to understand! Hublin, J. J., et al. (2017). New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens. Nature, 546(7657), 289–292.

Aug 2, 2025 · 1 like · 158 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@uduheiheibd7 @lwy1956697 @MAGDIOQBAH1459 @shaymaradhi لولا الكتابة ليست هيه وحدها ما تحدد الحضارة انما عده عوامل ثانيا التيار البشري بدأ في افريقيا Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) تفضل

Jul 14, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@MohmTiger78297 @BdhLy42725 @Ali_Albukhaiti لا ليست نفس انما خليه البشر لم ينتجوا من كائن واحد انما عده بشر يعني مجموعة سكانية كامله اصلها خليه نتجت بعد تكون الكوكب Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) انا اؤمن بالعلم اخي

Jul 14, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@MohmTiger78297 @BdhLy42725 @Ali_Albukhaiti لا يوجد روح لا يوجد ادم البشرية و جميع الكائنات بدأت من خليه واحد Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

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arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@GodisKing_1234 @Maximumatheist Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS, 2019): "Human Evolution Tracked Through Mitochondrial DNA" (DOI: Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) I get it from every big university is the world

Jul 6, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@BeardedPresby @Maximumatheist Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

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arvin_ψ
@arvin15_2 · X

@j1391f @dhoom511sa @kapkan441 @grok Hublin, J. J., et al. (2017). "New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens ظهر البشر قبل 300 الف عام لهذه نعم يوجد ادله اي اننا ظهرنا في اخر 300 الف سنه من اصل عمر الكوكب الذي هو 4.56 مليار

Jul 1, 2025 · 26 followers View post →
arvin_ψ
@arvin15_2 · X

@j1391f @dhoom511sa @kapkan441 @grok Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

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arvin_ψ
@arvin15_2 · X

@PierreHnoud @wonderofscience Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

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arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@ah1_200 Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) هذه دليل ان كل البشر هم من سلف مشترك مع القرده و ليسوا من خلق لحظي و ليسوا من بشر واحد لهذه حجتك بطلت

Jun 19, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@ah1_200 @mol7d_Arabi Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

Jun 18, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@HONOR09706330 @mol7d_Arabi Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) موجود في هذه المقال توضيح لحجم الدماغ في البشر قبل 50 الف سنه تقريبا بدا الدماغ يكبر من اجل اضافه خلايا عصبونيه اكثر تزيد الذكاء

Jun 18, 2025 · 1 like · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@AlmushaliM76465 @Ali_Albukhaiti Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

Jun 13, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@AlmushaliM76465 @Ali_Albukhaiti اهلا بك عزيزي في اهم نقطه للعلم نظرية التطور لتشارز داروين Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

Jun 11, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@MO__90_9 العقل لم يوجده احد تطور عبر عمليه طويله ادت الئ ظهور الانسان الحديث الدليل Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS, 2019): "Human Evolution Tracked Through Mitochondrial DNA" (DOI: Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

Jun 11, 2025 · 1 like · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@Yeshu_Mashiah @karlelvis @Lilith_Atheist Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

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arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@ylslmy3 @Q_O_3 @wisepers0nn @j1jil @remydraft جميع علماء العالم و كل الطب الحديث معتمد بشكل اساسي علئ نظرية التطور Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS, 2019): "Human Evolution Tracked Through Mitochondrial DNA" (DOI:

Jun 3, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@h9hamza التاريخ البشري بدا قبل 300 الف سنه Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) التاريخ مال السبي باسم الله بدا من موسئ صعد للجبل يجيب الالواح و لاصها علينا

Jun 2, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
Dr Can Erimtan
@TheErimtanAngle · X

'New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens' https://t.co/ZVEpPJxxJG https://t.co/NyzAItc1C9

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Huntah | #1 Basilosaurus Enjoyer
@FakemonSohga · X

@LimShoi @MS37129883 @cl3xu4c94ii @dayana_dy https://t.co/Z1xH8IQpcf

May 26, 2025 · 161 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@adil35472872 @zangetsu__u @noor4l عزيزي التطور توجد عليه ادله رياضية قدمها العالم هاملتون و اخذ عليها نوبل و توجد عليه ادله اركلوجيه و هيه الاحافيو التي تتفق مع التطور 100% Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

May 25, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@LazorWolve @JoshBradeen @erichovind Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

May 15, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@Benitosdflksdf @mol7d_Arabi Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

May 14, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
IZM Amuri / Empire of Morocco/ 1 KY
@AmuriIzm34375 · X

@basraoui_bouaza @MAHMOUDABABOU New fossils from Jebel Irhoud Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens -315 K - Nature deal with it give me science evidence not salafist-panrabist lies https://t.co/mVa4gL77pw

May 11, 2025 · 1 like · 151 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@david_mrakos @efgrdtfser Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) (Nature, 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature16164).

Apr 27, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
John Peric
@JohnPeric159923 · X

@atKensai @AgainstAtheismX https://t.co/ajHQrxI55g https://t.co/jdCUCJQNu9 Nope, most studies show the human brain has been about the same size and density for the last 300,000 years. Some changes may have occur, like the size of our memory center, but nothing radical.

Apr 25, 2025 · 40 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@Mahmoud08985138 @hcccvatttm Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) يشرح لك حلقات الوصل و نعم عزيزي لك الحق في ان تؤمن بدينك و اما عن مصدر الانفجار العظيم لا يزال تحت النقاش و ليس لدينا دليل اكيد عليه

Apr 23, 2025 · 1 like · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@msteasumang9m1 Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

Apr 18, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@shat_alra7eel @ADONISA26208880 Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336)

Apr 6, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
Majed |ماجد
@SeattleWa300 · X

مصادر أكاديمية: مقالات علمية (مع روابط): Hublin, J.-J., Ben-Ncer, A., Bailey, S. E., Freidline, S. E., Neubauer, S., Skinner, M. M., ... & Richter, J. (2017). New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens. Nature, 546(7657), 289-292. الرابط:

Mar 30, 2025 · 1 like · 46,955 followers View post →
Soy Ateo
@ateoyagnostico · X

Hublin, J.-J., et al. (2017). "New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens." Nature. https://t.co/4qWbT0T0fX He escogido los 10 más reseñables y sobre Genética. Pero podría estar así, con miles de estudios más, de varias ramas.

Mar 27, 2025 · 13,422 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@nero__girl @MsklJjs Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) DOI: 10.1126/science.1182238 دراسة Bowles & Gintis (2011) - "A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution"

Mar 25, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@Adam09312254 @Hodanat Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) التسلسل الزمني تحليل الحمض النووي الميتوكوندري يُظهر أن "الحواء الميتوكوندرية" عاشت قبل 150,000-200,000 سنة، مما يرسم خطًا زمنيًا لتطور البشر (PNAS, 2019, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902297116).

Mar 23, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
arvin15
@the__Arvin_1 · X

@h_wiinc Nature (2017): "The Age of Homo sapiens" (DOI: 10.1038/nature22336) مثلا هذه البحث يوافق بين الجينات الموجوده و السجل الاحفوري و يؤكد ان الكائنات الي حصلنا علئ سجلها هيه اسلافنا و هيه الي انتقلنا منها و هذه مدعوم بشكل كامل من خلال الجينات

Mar 19, 2025 · 129 followers View post →
Nondualism
@Mushroom1351791 · X

@Donte_Loves_Art @Drifter_IlI @ithinkurdr3amin @dsherbo88 @cot_7936 @AFBaltimore_ @jayjjalen Disproven, but political activists never cared about the truth anyway. Hublin, J.-J. et al.  https://t.co/ymIP1ISv2F (2017).  Richter, D. et al. https://t.co/yP9zIrKHGM (2017).  Bae, C.J. et al. http://dx.doi.ord/10.1126/science.aai9067 (2017)

Nov 22, 2024 · 9 followers View post →
Janset
@cognifera · X

@GocaBurdurlu @h_ibrahim_aksoy @vetfatih07 @mdicometo @ilk_57 Fas’taki Jebel Irhoud bölgesinde yapılan kazılarda, yaklaşık 300.000 yıl öncesine ait Homo sapiens fosilleri bulunmuştur. https://t.co/oUr1Sgy9rK Full Text Links*e tıklayıp pdf’e ulaşabilirsiniz: https://t.co/MIglxgmm5O

Oct 18, 2024 · 705 followers View post →
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@HistoireAmazigh · X

« New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens »   Nature 2017 - Jean-Jacques Hublin & Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer https://t.co/093tgVswDI https://t.co/N6nHJ63pHO

Feb 15, 2024 · 2 likes · 1,567 followers View post →
YvnMrchl
@YvnMrchl · X

@tax_the_land @MaxArmiaKrajowa @adamabandit @TanguyLacr0ix @CainHeleverok @DIMENSION_YT Ça a l'air intéressant. J'ai trouvé ça dessus : https://t.co/Fs4lVkQZGv J'ai pas encore lu mais je ne pense pas que ça montre qu'il y ait un échange.

Dec 19, 2023 · 146 followers View post →
Aloysius Pergamon Wickerbasket
@JMV999 · X

@Deome @fasc1nate Morocco, not Tunisia (bad memory gene!) Here you go. There are many, many more if you care to look for just a moment or two. New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens J.J. Hublin, A. Ben-Ncer, S.E .Bailey, S.E. Freidline  Nature, 2017

Aug 9, 2023 · 189 followers View post →
Athe⚡️Ish
@Athe_Ish · X

@ICRscience Cool so the gospel is definitely false then since Homo sapiens have been around for ~300,000 years. Hublin, J.-J., et al. (2018). CITATION

Apr 22, 2023 · 1 like · 622 followers View post →
JP
@juandia07842974 · X

@ETGalindoPazan @MamelaFialloFlo La realidad es muy distinta a los que dicen los mitos de la edad de bronce. Ya de por si el mito de Adan y Eva no se sostiene por razones que ya mencione. Pero hay mas problemas. La humanidad viene de Africa, los restos humanos mas antiguos vienen de ahí https://t.co/ASYkU8VZg4

Jun 30, 2022 · 341 followers View post →
Carlos Henrique Siqueira
@chsiqueira1 · X

3/4 (Hublin, Jean-Jacques, et al. "New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens." Nature 546.7657 (2017): 289-292) Ou seja, faz 5 anos que a idade do homo sapiens recuou em 100 mil anos e ninguém fala isso nem no Jornal Nacional e nem no Flow.

Dec 31, 2021 · 1,383 followers View post →
Benjamin Solomon
@BenjaminSolomo2 · X

Q316 answer: Africa https://t.co/KvN8jT5cJq https://t.co/I4RQ0C1RXH https://t.co/EA6vyvILPP https://t.co/4Jw23dekin https://t.co/MKhLB2J5nU https://t.co/ReKJrTHckm https://t.co/JOLFOSKRz9

Nov 13, 2020 · 1,914 followers View post →
Jennifer L. S. Chandler
@JLSCinAZ · X

@GoAstroMo Hublin, J.-J., Ben-Ncer, A., Bailey, S. E., Freidline, S. E., Neubaur, S., Skinner, M. M., . . . Gunz, P. (2017). New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens. Nature, 546, 289-292. doi:10.1038/nature22336

Oct 16, 2020 · 174 followers View post →
Bray Lee
@bstoch1 · X

New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens https://t.co/mtvxTOnjiG via @academia

Oct 3, 2020 · 68 followers View post →
Graham Lawton
@GrahamLawton · X

@ChrisStringer65 Quoting 2017 nature paper by Houblin et al: https://t.co/6j6M3JagRZ "They were initially considered to be around 40 thousand years old and an African form of Neanderthals"

Apr 2, 2020 · 1 like · 2,668 followers View post →
José L. Moreno-Garvayo  (afanporsaber)
@jlmgarvayo · X

Corrección de datos relativos a los fósiles de Jebel Irhoud: Author Correction: New fossils from Jebel #Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens https://t.co/ufu3Rz9Urj Información suplementaria (nuevas figuras): https://t.co/VHXFKsbAZV https://t.co/2Nb6Ic1d74

Mar 13, 2019 · 3,124 followers View post →
Jens Notroff
@jensnotroff.com · Bluesky

Where did we come from? New #fossils from #Morocco & the pan-African origin of #HomoSapiens. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature22336 via @nature

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