An ancient human face emerges from pieced together Moroccan fossil remains
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The first visual representation of the earliest known Homo sapiens was unveiled, based on 315,000‑year‑old fossils from Morocco. The reconstruction, published in Heritage, showed a modern‑sized brain and a human‑like facial appearance.
After the initial reports, coverage of the find quieted.
Epilogue added 43d ago, after coverage quieted.
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"An ancient human face emerges from pieced together Moroccan fossil remains" developed substantial multi-source reporting across the Science sector, tracked across 7 distinct newsrooms by Newsylist.
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Our ancestors were like this Medianews.az · 46d ago
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An ancient human face emerges from pieced together Moroccan fossil remains Phys.org · 46d ago broke it first
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