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Modern human origins backdated

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  1. Institute of Human Biology, University of Hamburg, Allende-Platz 2, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    Günter Bräuer

  2. Laboratoire de Préhistoire du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, 1 Rue René Panhard, 75013, Paris, France

    Yuji Yokoyama & Christophe Falguères

  3. National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya

    Emma Mbua

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Bräuer, G., Yokoyama, Y., Falguères, C. et al. Modern human origins backdated. Nature 386, 337–338 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/386337a0

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