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A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story
Scientists studying fossils from Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have uncovered evidence of another early human species which lived around the same time as Lucy, roughly 3.4 million years ago.
6-Million-Year-Old Mega-Bear Discovered: Alexey Lopatkin Presents 'Urokan Borysiaka'
Over 50 medieval skeletons unearthed in central Aarhus graveyard
Kenyan find narrows Australopithecus-Neanderthal gap, reshaping 2M years of hand evolution
Modern tech helps identify infamous bandit after centuries-long mix-up
Discovering the leaf-eating, tree-clinging mammal of the Paleocene
Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ecological niche after the dinosaurs.
Researchers precisely date Lapedo child, Neanderthal-Human hybrid
'The new date for the child is consistent with original estimates for the age of the burial, but it has changed our interpretation of the burial events themselves,' said lead author Bethan Linscott.
Study reveals Bronze and Iron Age origins of skeletons in River Thames
"Violence is a particularly common theme for later prehistoric human remains from watery places," said the head researcher.
'Humanity's great aunt' arrives: 3.18-million-year-old skeleton debuts in Europe
The remains of Lucy will be presented alongside Selam, the fossil of a baby Australopithecus predating Lucy.
Nearly complete 11-million-year-old whale skeleton unearthed in German gravel pit
The discovery was made by Wolfgang Höpfner, the twin brother of Gerhard Höpfner, who led the excavation team for several years, according to N-TV.
