"Father of all humankind is 340,000 years old"?

[popeyespappy]

This doesn't really indicate that "humans" are older than expected. It pushes the age of the oldest common male ancestor back, but does not necessitate that he was Homo Sapiens Sapiens.

The article misrepresents the implication, and in fact contradicts itself. The finding suggest not the oldest, but the most recent common male ancestor lived much earlier then thought.

Sorry, my bad when I said oldest. He was the most recent common male ancestor of all known humans. The oldest would be really old. Cambrian explosion old if not before.