The archaeologists are also uncomfortable with the researchers' blending of various skulls, and the comparison of reconstructions of whole skulls from fragmentary remains. These skulls can look very different from the population on which they are based, because the reconstruction is a “chimera“, made up of parts from different skulls. In fact, Claiming these remains are Homo sapiens stretches the meaning of that term, according to some researchers. One of the biggest enigma's about the emergence of anatomically modern humans has been whether our body plan evolved quickly or slowly. The discovery of the Jebel Irhoud human appears to support the latter, because it appears that our faces evolved into the modern form long before our braincases did. Indeed, if the key characteristics of Homo sapiens are a small face and the shape of the lower jaw, the Jebel Irhoud remains may actually be from our ancestors, so researchers should be shifting the focus of research looking into the
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