Scientists have discovered the ancient remains of isolated people in South Africa

Remains of people who were isolated from the rest of humanity for about 200,000 years have been found in South Africa. This was announced on December 3 on the website of the Uppsala University press service, with reference to the head of the study and professor of genetics at Uppsala University, Matthias Jacobsson.

"We have known for a long time that South Africa was inhabited, but previously it was unclear whether these inhabitants were just our predecessors or Homo sapiens. Now we can state that Homo sapiens existed and evolved in South Africa for a long time," said Jakobsson.

This group, according to scientists, remained genetically isolated for 200,000 years. It is noted that the genome of this population began to appear in Homo sapiens only 1400 years ago.

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Arkeonews magazine reported on December 3 that archaeologists had found a long—sought temple of Zeus in Limir, near Finike in Antalya, Turkey, an object known from inscriptions since 1982, but which had remained out of sight for more than four decades. For the first time in many years, it became possible to link the sanctuary to the urban layout and restore its role in the development of the territory from the classical era to late antiquity.

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