Omo Kibish Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens de Omo Kibish
- Date
- 1967 · confidence high
- Place
- Kibish Formation, Omo River, Southern Nations, Ethiopia
- Credited to
- Richard Leakey's expedition
- Field
- Life & health
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
Homo sapiens cranial remains that, after successive redatings, now exceed 230,000 years. They are among the oldest fossils of modern humans.
Redated to c. 195 ka in 2005 and to more than 233 ka in 2022 (Vidal et al., Nature). Jebel Irhoud (Morocco, c. 300 ka) disputes the primacy.
What it led to
- the chronology of the origin of Homo sapiens
- the African origin hypothesis
- the dating of Rift Valley tephras