Question

The oldest fossils of anatomically modern humans at Herto date from a. between 154,000 and 160,000 years ago b. between 300,000 and 350,000 years ago c. between 500,000 and 550,000 years ago d. between 2 and 2.5 million years ago

Answer 1

Option (A)

Step-by-step explanation:

The Herto-man usually refers to the 'Homo sapiens Idaltu', which means the first or the initially born modern humans. These are commonly identified as the early modern human fossils that were found in the year 1997, in the Herto Bouri region in Ethiopia. These fossils were deposited during the Pleistocene age .

These fossils are dated with the help of the Potassium-Argon dating method and calculated to be an age of about 160,000 years old.

Thus, the oldest fossils of modern humans found to be of age between 154,000 and 160,000 years ago.

Thus, the correct answer is option (A).

Answer 2

Answer: Option A

Step-by-step explanation:

Homosapiens also known as Herto Man. It is the name given to the number of the early modern human fossil which was found in the 1977 which was dated to be around 160,000 years ago.

Palaeoanthropologists determines the skeletal that was found belongs to the extinct species of homo sapiens that once lived in Pleistocene Africa.

The skeletal was dated using the potassium dating which helped to known the age of the fossil.