Summary:
- Archaeologists have discovered that a 30-year-old error in dating ancient stone tools has significantly changed the timeline of human migration out of Africa.
- The tools, found in the Arabian Peninsula, were previously thought to be around 190,000 years old, but new analysis shows they are actually around 120,000 years old.
- This revised timeline suggests that modern humans left Africa much earlier than previously believed, challenging the long-held theory that our ancestors first migrated out of Africa around 60,000 years ago.