Where exactly has the oldest discovery of human origins been found?

Question

Was it Leakey's excavation in Tanzania or Lucy in Ethiopia?

Answer 1

You really have to define human.  Some define it as a hominid on the human branch after the split with the common ancestor of chimps.  If that is the case, the Sahelanthropus tachadensis, of Chad would be the oldest some 6 to 7 million years old.  Based on your question, your definition of human is very broad.

Answer 2

The oldest modern human, which is my definition of human, is 195,000 years ago in South Africa.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...

Answer 3

No GPS coordinates, but the Great Rift Valley which I believe is in the general area of both those places.

Answer 4

People ...heads up! Her name is Selam (Peace in Amharic) and she was found in Ethiopia. She's sometimes referred to as "Lucy's daughter" because she was 3 years old when she died ...although she died 120,000 years BEFORE Lucy.

Read more at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selam_(Aust...

Try to keep up! LOL

Cheers !!!

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Answer 5

The oldest human origin discovered is in Kenya ,east Africa . It said the bone has more years than the Lucy´s in Ethiopia .

Answer 6

North east Africa and yes it was Lucy

Answer 7

human DNA was traced back to western Africa . blacks were found to be 100,000

years older than other colors . which may suggest that Adam and Eve were actually black people . as to skeletons found i think there was a fraud but I'm not sure of the details .