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This undated photo provided by researcher Gerhard Weber shows a portion of the upper left jaw and teeth from the Misliya-1 fossil. Researchers found the jawbone in an Israeli cave, indicating that modern humans left Africa as much as 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. (Gerhard Weber/University of Vienna)

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A fossil found in Israel indicates modern humans may have left Africa as much as 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.

By SETH BORENSTEIN, (AP Science Writer) January 27, 2018