Modern and Archaic Humans Interbred 13,000 Years Ago in Africa (Haplogroup A00 + Iwo Eleru)

More and more evidence suggests that ancient and modern humans interbred in Africa, according to scientists. For example, The reanalysis of the IWO ELERU 13,000-year-old skull from a cave in West Africa reveals a skull that appears more primitive than its age suggests. HAPLOGROUP A00 may be this lineage. The findings suggest that archaic human ancestors did not die out quickly in Africa, but instead coexisted and bred with their descendants until relatively recently. The skull, discovered in Nigeria’s Iwo Eleru cave in 1965, does not resemble a modern human. It is longer and flatter, with a strong brow ridge, resembling a much older skull from Tanzania estimated to be 140,000 years old. Even though it is only 13,000 years old, the skull appears much more primitive. This implies that human evolution in Africa was more complex. Indeed, the transition to modern humans was not a straight-forward transition, and ancient humans did not die out after giving birth to the modern human race. In fact, The