In North Africa in 1954�55, excavations at Tighenif (Ternifine), east of , Algeria, yi.... year h.

In North Africa in 195455, excavations at Tighenif (Ternifine), east of , Algeria, yielded remains dating to approximately 700,000 years ago whose nearest affinities seemed to be with the Chinese form of H. This fossil, catalogued as OH 9, was excavated by and is probably about 1.2 million years old. Olduvai Gorge has since yielded additional cranial remains, jaws, and limb bones of H. The fossils recovered there may be about 1.7 million years old, based on radiometric dating of the associated volcanic material. erectus fossils discovered in Africa. year h.