[Coyoteman]

"The big message it sends us is our ancestors never looked like a chimpanzee," Wolpoff said. "This thing is clearly saying that chimpanzees are just as different from this ancestor as we are. They are just different in a different way."

Wolpoff said the skull could be a common ancestor of humans and living chimps.

This is pretty important. The time period roughly 6-10 million years ago has few fossils because apes and the rest were all living in forests, which are very poor at creating fossils.

The correct placement of this specimen as a common ancestor of humans and living chimps is an important reinterpretation.

Wolpoff is one of the most experienced old fossil guys out there. He's been at this for years, so its good to have somebody with his experience and knowledge taking a close look at this fossil specimen.

[Elsie]

The time period roughly 6-10 million years ago has few fossils because apes and the rest were all living in forests, which are very poor at creating fossils.

Boo hoo.....

How does we KNOW where they were ALL living???