Early humans reached Jordan Valley 1.9 million years ago, study says

New dating shows the 'Ubeidiya archaeological site in the Jordan Valley is at least 1.9 million years old, placing early humans in the Levant hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously thought. That makes it, alongside Dmanisi in Georgia, one of the oldest known sites of human activity outside Africa. The research was led by scientists from Hebrew University, University of Haifa and University of Tulsa.