Until recently, the oldest known human hair was ~9,000 years old. An excavation in South Africa, however, revealed a hair ~200,000 years old! The hair was found in a fossilized hyena latrine of all places.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
New Findings in Man's Ancestry
Until recently, the oldest known human hair was ~9,000 years old. An excavation in South Africa, however, revealed a hair ~200,000 years old! The hair was found in a fossilized hyena latrine of all places.
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