Scientists Created a Human Unlike Any Ever Seen from Ancient Fossils

The archaeologists are also uncomfortable with the researchers' blending of various skulls, and the comparison of reconstructions of whole skulls from fragmentary remains. These skulls can look very different from the population on which they are based, because the reconstruction is a "chimera", made up of parts from different skulls. In fact, Claiming these remains are Homo sapiens stretches the meaning of that term, according to some researchers.

One of the biggest enigma's about the emergence of anatomically modern humans has been whether our body plan evolved quickly or slowly. The discovery of the Jebel Irhoud human appears to support the latter, because it appears that our faces evolved into the modern form long before our braincases did.

Indeed, if the key characteristics of Homo sapiens are a small face and the shape of the lower jaw, the Jebel Irhoud remains may actually be from our ancestors, so researchers should be shifting the focus of research looking into the origins of modern humans from sub-Saharan Africa to the Mediterranean. The fact that human evolution is full of mysteries and enigmas is, however, obvious and apparent.

Nonetheless, not all scientists concur that the fossils from Jebel Irhoud are those of Homo sapiens. The assertion that the "earliest" Homo sapiens walked the Earth 300,000 years ago has drawn criticism from some scientists. There can never truly be an "earliest" version of humanity because evolution is a continuous process with no ideal beginnings or endings; instead, there are only intermediate forms that exist between different species.

Some scientists believe that admission to the Homo sapiens family should be highly selective. Meanwhile, other scientists are willing to adopt a much more open-ended definition of what Homo sapiens is, and they would be content to cram this specimen into the category of Homo sapiens out of practicality or even philosophical considerations.

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