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Estimated age: 100,000 to 90,000 years. Location: Qafzeh Cave, Israel. This specimen is one of about 21 individuals found in Qafzeh Cave. The skull and nearly complete skeleton that accompanied it belonged to a male Homo sapiens who was about 20 years old when he died. It was found buried next to the remains of a small child.
âThatâs never been done before. Mapping was done by analyzing the soils in one geological bed, and in that bed there were bones of two different hominin species.â The two species of early humans are Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis. âHomo habilis had a bigger brain and was more in sync with our human evolutionary tree,â Prof. Ashley said. âBoth species were about 4.5 to 5.5 feet (1.37 to 1.68 m) tall, and their lifespan was likely about 30 â 40 years.â Through their research, Prof. Ashley and co-authors learned that the shady woodland had palm and acacia trees.