On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:27, Todd Moody wrote:


>This discovery converges with mitochondrial DNA studies, according to
>which the human species is about 225,000 years old.  Prior to this
>discovery, the oldest anatomically human fossils were just 160,000 years
>old.  So the gap between the two lines of evidence has narrowed quite a
>bit.  And as the article points out, the "great leap forward" that took
>place about 50,000 years ago (I'd always heard 40,000) remains
>unexplained.  Pretty interesting stuff.
>
>Todd Moody
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I found this constant reference to 40,000 years ago piqued my interest to the extent that I started
a page on what it was that happened 40,000 ya (or possibly some other date) that marked the
transition to modern humans.  There are so many ideas!

http://www.evfit.com/40,000ya.htm

Keith