It is an important point but we cant at the moment say anything about that, he said. These results are very encouraging and have given us great reasons to be optimistic for the future, said Aziz Sheikh, a professor at the University of Edinburghs Usher Institute who co-led the study. These results are very encouraging and have given us great reasons to be optimistic for the future, said Aziz Sheikh, a professor at the University of Edinburghs Usher Institute who co-led the study. These results are very encouraging and have given us great reasons to be optimistic for the future, said Professor Aziz Sheikh, director of the University of Edinburghs Usher Institute. Sheikh cautioned at a media briefing that the results are preliminary data, yet to be peer-reviewed by independent scientists, but added: I am very encouraged.
Scientists at the scene of the study believe that man was more than 400,000 years old.
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