The real story of human evolution

POSTED BY: SignyM
UPDATED: Saturday, March 25, 2006 22:05
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Could Ethiopian skull be missing link?

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Scientists in northeastern Ethiopia said Saturday that they have discovered the skull of a small human ancestor that could be a missing link between the extinct Homo erectus and modern man.

The hominid cranium -- found in two pieces and believed to be between 250,000 and 500,000 years old -- "comes from a very significant period and is very close to the appearance of the anatomically modern human," said Sileshi Semaw, director of the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project in Ethiopia.

Archaeologists found the early human cranium five weeks ago at Gawis in Ethiopia's northeastern Afar region, Sileshi said.

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This is many year after homonids attained bipedal status, but still in the are that was (at that time) a lot wetter than now.

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