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Human Fossils Predates Earlier Finds by 1.5 Million Year

Posted by Hemos on from the lost-in-time-lost-in-space dept.

Richard Finney writes "Reuters reports that French and Kenayn scientists have unearthed fossilized remains of mankinds' earliest know ancestor ahat predate previous discoveries by more than 1.5 million year. The remains belong to at least five individuals, both male and female."

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  1. Hopefully they weren't ancient archeologists... by human+bean · · Score: 3
    That just happened to die at their site, and got covered again. It would be just our luck to find the improbable case, and then try to build science out of it.

    If the remains do turn out to match the strata dates, this could change estimated evolution rates quite a bit.

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