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He's A Previously Unknown Human Relative Of Ours From Southern Africa, Dubbed Nutcracker Man
In 1949, a fossil jaw was discovered in a cave and has now been identified as belonging to a previously unknown human ...
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1.4 million-year-old jaw that was 'a bit weird for Homo' turns out to be from never-before-seen human relative
A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The ...
Archaeology breakthrough as 1.4million year old jaw reveals unknown species
The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...
1.4 Million-Year-Old Jaw Identified as New Paranthropus Species in South Africa
A newly classified Paranthropus species, P. capensis, has been identified from a 1.4 million-year-old jawbone.
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This 1.4 Million-Year-Old Jawbone May Reveal A New "Gorilla-Like" Human Relative
Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at ...
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1.4 million-year-old jaw that was 'a bit weird for Homo' turns out to be from never-before-seen human relative
At the time Paranthropus was alive, the world had several hominins, or species on the evolutionary branch more closely related to humans than to chimps. Our genus, Homo, emerged at least 2.8 ...