Evolution: Origin(s) of Modern Humans Bernard Wood  Current Biology  Volume 27, Issue 15, Pages R767-R769 (August 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.052 Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Hominin species according to a species-rich interpretation. The new evidence from Jebel Irhoud extends the first appearance date of Homo sapiens fossils closer to the time the genetic evidence predicts the modern human lineage became independent. The last half million years was a time of considerable taxic diversity [18] in the hominin lineage. Current Biology 2017 27, R767-R769DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.052) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions