The subject of paleo-anthropology is notorious for its contentious arguments, one of which has raged for years is the evolutionary genesis of modern humans. We frequently forget how huge Africa is. The distance from the 'Cradle of Humankind' in South Africa to the 'Cradle of Humanity' in Ethiopia is over 3000 miles, or almost 5000 kilometers. This is around the same distance as from Ethiopia to Spain or from Ethiopia to China. Only the southern part of Africa is in the southern hemisphere, whereas the vast northern part of Africa is in the northern hemisphere. Because this region differs from the northern section of Africa, the south is sometimes referred to as the African Subcontinent. This location is located about parallel to Australia, hence it is exceptionally far south.
What's more, Several studies from the Southern Hemisphere report that the Origin of Anatomically Modern Humans can be Traced to Southern Africa. The Kabwe Cranium, also known as the Broken Hill Skull or Rhodesian Man, is a story that spans thousands of hundreds of years in southern Africa's heartland. The Kabwe Cranium, estimated to be 300,000 years old, was an early human ancestor from the Middle Pleistocene period. This preserved skull from a previously unknown species sheds light on the lifestyles of our distant predecessors and the environment they lived in. The skull was discovered in what was then known as Rhodesia, and is now known as Zambia in southern Africa. A new procedure used on the skull allowed for the removal of some quarter-millimeter thick shards, allowing the skull to be directly dated, with the age range being 324,000 to 274,000 years ago.
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