Homo sapiens idaltu
Status: Fossil
Homo sapiens that lived over 160,000 years ago in Africa. Its fossilized remains were discovered in Ethiopia in 2003. This fossil differs from those of early forms of Homo sapiens sapiens such as Cro-Magnon Man found in Europe and other parts of the world in that its morphology has many archiac features not typical of Homo sapiens. It appears to be the oldest representative of the H. sapiens species found so far. The name idaltu is an Ethiopian word for "elder".
See also
References
- White et al, Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia, Nature, 423:742-7 (2003).
