Ancient human remains found in Israel
— Associated Press
JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans.
A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said teeth found in the cave are about 400,000 years old and resemble those of other remains of modern man, known scientifically as Homo sapiens, found in Israel. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half as old....
The accepted scientific theory is that Homo sapiens originated in Africa and migrated out of the continent. Gopher said if the remains are definitively linked to modern human's ancestors, it could mean that modern man in fact originated in what is now Israel.
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There are many old sites, one in Israel is as old as 790,000 years, the work on which which I have followed since the early 70's: The archaeological site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov is located in the northern Jordan Valley on the shore of an ancient lake. Paleomagnetic dating of this site makes it a Lower Paleolithic site, now dated to approximately 790,000 years ago. "It's not clear which species of hominin lived at this site, it could be Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, or perhaps archaic Homo sapiens," says a recent report:
Homo Erectus Invented "Modern" Living?
Jan 12, 2010 ... At the prehistoric Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site in northern Israel, researchers have found the earliest known evidence of social organization, ...
I think there may have been many civilizations, perhaps very advanced ones, long before that. From the point of view of science, the Earth is 4 billion + years old. Life originated at least twice,according to some scientists, perhaps first nearly 2 billions ago, was "sterilized", that is wiped out possibly by an asteroid, and later originated again. Our ancestors may have existed on Earth for many millions of years. Traditions that describe the history of the Earth beginning 4 billion years ago and proceed to describe periods lasting millions of years since, including the rise and fall of civilizations, may contain literal truth.
The history of evolutionary studies has been dogged by the idea that evolution leads to greater complexity, to animals that are more advanced than their predecessor, yet the existence of the hominids like Boskops (IQ 150?) argues otherwise — that humans with big brains, and perhaps great intelligence, occupied a substantial piece of southern Africa in the not very distant past, and that they eventually gave way to smaller-brained, possibly less advanced Homo sapiens — that is, ourselves.
There is a large gap in our knowledge about 12,500 years ago , perhaps because of large scale flooding. We may find high civilizations long before that. We are discovering more ancient races, a number co-existing for a long time until as recently as 10,000 years ago. I think the oldest hominims discovered so far are about 4 million years old.