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Face of oldest direct human ancestor, which lived 3.8million years ago, revealed by scientists
The Sun ^ | August 28, 2019 | Emma James

Posted on 08/28/2019 12:33:32 PM PDT by plain talk

It can be shown for the first time after a near complete skull of Australopithecus anamensis was found in Ethiopia.

The ape-like adult male was about 5ft and weighed about 100lbs.

Females were about 3ft 5in and around 62lbs.

An upper jaw was found first. Dr Yohannes Haile-Selassie, of Cleveland Museum of Natural History, told journal Nature: “I couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted the rest.

"It was a dream come true.”

"This is a game changer in our understanding of human evolution during the Pliocene."

Professor Fred Spoor, an expert in anatomy at London's Natural History Museum, said the skull is "a great addition to the fossil record."

Prof Spoor, who was not involved in the study, added: "This cranium looks set to become another celebrated icon of human evolution."

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: anamensis; australopithecus; ethiopia; fredspoor; pliocene
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To: Openurmind
What would the difference be between Hominid eyes and other Primates?

The former may be adapted to tasks other than seeing one's way between the trees.

42 posted on 08/28/2019 1:15:15 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: EEGator

43 posted on 08/28/2019 1:16:43 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: NativeSon

lol, True. But seriously... That is extremely disproportionate for a 5 ft human or primate. I think this is way off and actually a smaller sized primate (3-3.5ft) they found here and not a taller hominid at all.


44 posted on 08/28/2019 1:16:44 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: BerettaTomcat
Hominids are primates.

Tell that to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

45 posted on 08/28/2019 1:18:07 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: DannyTN

Uh, Danny? Methinks you’ve got the wrong thread... ( Budget Surplus/Deficit)


46 posted on 08/28/2019 1:21:52 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: BerettaTomcat

I know, I mentioned “other” primates in my statement. But Hominids are unique from other primates so I have to classify them as separate species somehow correct? :)


47 posted on 08/28/2019 1:22:03 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: plain talk

I’ve always liked the question: “If we’re descended from apes, how come there are still apes?


48 posted on 08/28/2019 1:23:48 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Red Badger
"Looks a bit small........."

Must have been a Democrat...and probably still votes.

49 posted on 08/28/2019 1:24:43 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: D_Idaho
They always make the eyes human.

Yes, I've noticed that but since soft tissue like the eyes are not fossilized, the postulated eyes are a WAG (Wild Assed Guess)!

50 posted on 08/28/2019 1:25:40 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: plain talk

Whose eyes did they use for the mock up?


51 posted on 08/28/2019 1:26:16 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: o-n-money
"Isn’t he a Congressman?"

LOL! Al Green's great-grandfather no doubt...Alley Oop Sr.

52 posted on 08/28/2019 1:26:17 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: SES1066

You’re right, the chart doesn’t go back that far.


53 posted on 08/28/2019 1:28:30 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Chainmail

Close. Morelike the monkey is your uncle!


54 posted on 08/28/2019 1:29:03 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

That is what I was wondering, is this unique difference one of the known scientific identifiers between the two like teeth or jaw sockets, etc.? Meaning all hominids would of course by default have eyes like humans not like other primates?


55 posted on 08/28/2019 1:29:32 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: tet68

Must have been some link to Henry Waxman


56 posted on 08/28/2019 1:54:39 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: mewzilla

They keep coming up with a new fossil that ‘proves’ the theory of evolution only to walk it back at a later date.


57 posted on 08/28/2019 2:00:08 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! Now)
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To: Svartalfiar

Yup. But a lot further up the tree...


58 posted on 08/28/2019 2:34:33 PM PDT by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: plain talk

That’s a chimp. I heard about “Lucy” all those years, and the first “humans” bla bla bla ad nauseum for 20 years in National Geographic.

Then one day, I saw a scale model of “Lucy” in a museum. All I could think was “dammit, the SOBs tricked me again. That’s a chimp of some sort and that’s all”.


59 posted on 08/28/2019 2:35:01 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: tet68

“Since the nose doesn’t remain, how do they know it
was so flat??”

The same way they know it had brown eyes, and a beard. They made it up.


60 posted on 08/28/2019 2:37:49 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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