we're older than we thought

Happy 350,000th, homo sapiens –>

The DNA of a boy who lived in what is now known as South Africa 2,000 years ago has led scientists to believe "that humans emerged as a distinct population earlier than typically thought, between 350,000 and 260,000 years ago." Bruce Bower has more on that at Science News.

We knew that we were really really old!  BOOM