Not Out of Africa

The Petralona man, or Archanthropus of Petralona, as it has since been called, was found to be 700, 000 years old, making it the oldest human europeoid (presenting European traits) of that age ever discovered in Europe. Dr Poulianos research showed that the Petralona man evolved separately in Europe and was not an ancestor of a species that came out of Africa. Research published in the US in 1971 in the prestigious Archaeology magazine, backed up the findings that the skull was indeed 700, 000 years old. This was based on an analysis of the cave s stratigraphy and the sediment in which the skull was embedded within. Further research in the cave discovered isolated teeth and two prehuman skeletons dating back 800, 000 years, as well as other fossils of various species. Today, most academics who have analyzed the Petralona remains say that the cranium of the Archanthropus of Petralona belongs to an archaic hominid distinguished from Homo erectus, and from both the classic Neanderthals and anatomically modern