Asselar man

Asselar man, extinct human known from a skeleton found in 1927 near the French military post of Asselar, French Sudan (now Mali), by M.V. Besnard and Théodore Monod. Some scholars consider it the oldest known skeleton of an African black. Asselar man is believed to belong to the Holocene Epoch.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Richard Pallardy.

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Article Title: Asselar man

Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Date Published: 20 February 2015

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Access Date: February 22, 2025