1.9-million-year-old discovery rewrites the story of human evolution

ScienceDaily reports: Advanced dating methods revealed that the ‘Ubeidiya site is roughly as old as the famous Dmanisi site in Georgia, placing both among the earliest known human settlements outside Africa.

New evidence suggests that early humans reached the Jordan Valley at least 1.9 million years ago, hundreds of thousands of years earlier than scientists previously thought.

This science story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Jordan Valley, Dmanisi and Georgia.

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United States · Americas

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27 Oct 2026, 07:05 IST

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Jordan Valley, Dmanisi, Georgia, Africa

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