Omo I - The Oldest Human Fossil
As per a recent study, one of the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils, Omo Kibish I, may be around 35,000 years older than it was previously thought. Content: HighlightsPrevious age How was the date calculated? Significance of the new age Anatomically modern humans Omo-Kibish I remains Key points Highlights The study used volcanic ash to date the fossils and thus there were 22,000-year margin of error.Omo Kibish I was first unearthed in Ethiopia in 1967.It was difficult to date directly because, it contained only bone and skull fragments. As a result, experts remained divided over their age for long.Previous age. In 2005, Geologists had analysed the layer of rock just underneath the findings. They came to conclude that, Omo I was at least 195,000 years old. That made the fossil at least that old as well as, oldest ever discovered at the time. However, there was a lot of uncertainty. How was the date calculated? Date was calculated by analysing the layers of ash deposited ...
