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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 04/27/2005 : 16:59:30
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The Toumai skull had has a little verication, mainly in the form of teeth. It looks more and more as an hominid ancestor.
quote:
More Evidence of Skull's Link to Humans
Remains Believed To Be From Earliest Known Ancestor
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 7, 2005; Page A03
Scientists who three years ago discovered a nearly complete 7 million-year-old skull in central Africa have dug up additional evidence supporting the conclusion that the skull belonged to the earliest known human ancestor.
The new findings -- two jaw bones and an upper premolar tooth -- lend credence to the proposition that the creature was probably among the first hominid, or human-like, primates to live after humans and chimpanzees diverged from each other a little more than 7 million years ago.
Researchers said the new fossils, along with a sophisticated computer reconstruction of the previously discovered skull, solidify the remains' stature as among the most important paleological finds of the past several decades. Together they paint a picture of an ancestral primate with a chimpanzee-sized body and brain but a face and teeth more like those of modern humans.
I ment to put this up a while back, but forgot. Better late than never...
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