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Two Ancient Human Species Left Africa Together, Not One, New Study Suggests Rethinking the Traditional "Out of Africa" Narrative The traditional account of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis suggests that Homo erectus was the first human species to leave Africa around 1.8 million years ago . In recent years, however, scientists have questioned whether this migration involved just one species or several . A new study published in PLOS One aims to resolve the debate. Coverage of evolutionary science, archaeology and breakthrough fossil research is regularly featured on FSNews365 , which tracks the latest developments shaping our understanding of human origins. The Dmanisi Fossils at the Centre of the Debate At the heart of the discussion are the Dmanisi fossils   —  skulls 5 discovered in Georgia between 1999 and 2005   —  among the ancient human remains found outside Africa . The challenge lies in their striking differences : some skulls are notably larger than ot...

1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Coexistence of Two Human Ancestor Species The Discovery Near Lake Turkana On a sun-scorched savanna teeming with life over a million years ago, near the shores of present-day Lake Turkana in Kenya, two distinct hominin s pecies may have coexisted, foraging for survival. The Significance of the Fossilized Foot prints By examining 1.5-million-year-old fossils unearthed from an ancient lakeshore, scientists have identified the first recorded instance of two hominin foot prints from the same  period. This discovery, researchers assert, will advance our understanding of human evolution and the inter play of coo peration and com petition between s pecies. Defining Hominins "Hominin" refers to a modern classification that re presents a subset of hominids, encom passing all extinct and extant s pecies within the human lineage following the divergence from great a pe ancestors a p proximately 6 to 7 million years ago. Insights from the Ancient Fo...