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A 55,000 Year Old Human Skull Uncovered In Manot Cave, Israel

Professor Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University stands by a Homo sapien skull, left, a recently discovered 55,000 year old human skull and a Neanderthal skull, right, at a press event outside the Manot Cave in the Western Galilee, Israel, January 28, 2015. A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University, Ben-Gurion University and the Israel Antiquities Authority say the 55,000 year old skull is one of the most important discoveries in the study of human evolution. The rare skull constitutes the earliest fossilized evidence outside of Africa indicating that today's human population originated in Africa. The partial ancient skull offers clues to the first modern Europeans, as researchers suggest the population from which the skull is derived had recently migrated out of Africa and established itself in the Levantine before moving to Europe. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI

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