Scientists have found new evidence that Homo sapiens, or humans, have been around longer than we thought. Bones found at a site called Jebel Irhoud in Morocco are 300,000 years old. That is about 100,000 years older than any other known remains of our species. They were discovered far from where the oldest fossils had been found before in Ethiopia. Scientists decided that skulls, limb bones and teeth they found represent at least five individuals. They show people from an early stage of our species' development. They are a mix of modern and more ancient, or simpler, humans.
Title: Old Fossils Give Humans New History
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/old_fossils.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Old Fossils Give Humans New History' data-article-id='2448'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12292'>Scientists have found new evidence that Homo sapiens, or humans, have been around longer than we thought.</span> <span data-start-time='12292' data-end-time='23417'>Bones found at a site called Jebel Irhoud in Morocco are 300,000 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='23417' data-end-time='33813'>That is about 100,000 years older than any other known remains of our species.</span> <span data-start-time='33813' data-end-time='43417'>They were discovered far from where the oldest fossils had been found before in Ethiopia.</span> <span data-start-time='43417' data-end-time='54500'>Scientists decided that skulls, limb bones and teeth they found represent at least five individuals.</span> <span data-start-time='54500' data-end-time='60542'>They show people from an early stage of our species' development.</span> <span data-start-time='60542' data-end-time='67708'>They are a mix of modern and more ancient, or simpler, humans.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/body_after_death.m4a'><span>body after death</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/skeleton_parts.m4a'><span>skeleton parts</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8850 data-hint-location='43417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/how_many_bodies_were_represented.m4a'>How many bodies were represented?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='at least five'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/at_least_five.m4a'><span>at least five</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/one_or_two.m4a'><span>one or two</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/several_hundred.m4a'><span>several hundred</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/more_than_a_dozen.m4a'><span>more than a dozen</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8851 data-hint-location='43417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/scientists_found_skulls_bones_and__blank_.m4a'>Scientists found skulls, bones, and <span class='blank'>teeth</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='teeth'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/limbs.m4a'><span>limbs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1931/teeth.m4a'><span>teeth</span></div><div class='choice' 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