Sometimes the most important fossils are the ones you find in a drawer:

A new analysis of human remains first discovered in 1967 suggests that they are in fact much older than previously believed. The results, published today in the journal Nature, push back the emergence of our species by nearly 35,000 years.

In other words, to about 195,000 years ago. This apparently dovetails nicely with genetic research, which suggests a similar date.