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New Fossil of Early Hominid Precursor

sdr writes: "For decades scientists have worked to connect the dots between dozens of fossil discoveries in East and southern Africa in hopes of constructing an accurate picture of human origins. Now, a new find in western Central Africa suggests the picture may be radically different than widely assumed. Check National Geographic for the story."

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  1. Duplicate by damiangerous · · Score: 2

    Check the original before posting to this one.

  2. Dupe! by Wrexen · · Score: 2

    Not to be confused with the same thing Here

  3. In other news by legLess · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, researchers at MIT are now looking at ways to etch binary data on the inside of human skulls, claiming that human skull bone is a more reliable and longer-lived storage medium than most others available.

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    This isn't as much "normalization" as it is "don't take so many drugs when you're designing tables."
    1. Re:In other news by JabberWokky · · Score: 2
      Stuff the skull with chicken feathers, and you have the makings of a Voodoo supercomputer!

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      Evan

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      "$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien