first quoted here:
'Old Man Of Chad' Confirmed As First Hominid
The Telegraph (UK) | 4-7-2005
Posted on 04/06/2005 8:37:59 PM EDT by blam
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13 posted on 04/06/2005 9:04:09 PM EDT by blam
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Image: JOHN GURCHE PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER With a brain half the size of a modern one and a brow reminiscent of Homo habilis, this hominid is one of the most primitive members of our genus on record. Paleoartist John Gurche reconstructed this 1.75-million-year-old explorer from a nearly complete teenage H. erectus skull and associated mandible found in Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia. The background figures derive from two partial crania recovered at the site.