nekrosoft13 Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 A fossil claimed to be modern humans' most ancient ancestor has sparked a bitter squabble, with a team of anthropologists declaring the find is making a monkey out of the human family tree. According to its discoverers, Toumai, found in the Djurab desert of northern Chad and triumphantly presented to the world last July, was a man-like creature, or hominid, about the size of a chimpanzee, which lived 7 million years ago. Their claim is that Toumai will overturn the conventional view of mankind, because the evolutionary split between apes and humans clearly occurred far earlier than molecular studies suggest. More here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bant Veteran Posted October 10, 2002 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2002 neato ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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