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Omo I

fossil hominin
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  • human being (Homo sapiens)
    Homo sapiens
    / The genus Homo

    …up of two skulls (Omo 1 and Omo 2), were initially dated to 130 kya. In 2022, however, the results of an argon-dating analysis, which estimated the age of a layer of tuff that overlay Omo 1, suggested that the Omo 1 remains date to at least 233 kya.…

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    …up of two skulls (Omo 1 and Omo 2), were initially dated to 130 kya. In 2022, however, the results of an argon-dating analysis, which estimated the age of a layer of tuff that overlay Omo 1, suggested that the Omo 1 remains date to at least 233 kya.…

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