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New hominid discovered living alongside Lucy

Posted March 29, 2012 - 04:36 by Kate Taylor

A new type of hominid foot bone has been discovered in the Afar region of Ethiopia, showing that 'Lucy', the famous early human ancestor, had company.

Discovery of tooth challenges 'out of Africa' theory

Posted January 11, 2012 - 07:54 by Emma Woollacott

Great apes survived in Europe for two million years longer than previously thought, study of a tooth has revealed.

Well-preserved fossils could be earliest human ancestor

Posted September 9, 2011 - 05:12 by Emma Woollacott

Researchers say they've discovered a 'missing link' - a hominid 1.8 million years old that may be our oldest direct human ancestor yet found.

New human species discovered

Posted April 8, 2010 - 11:50 by Emma Woollacott

You wait ages for a new human species, and then two come along at once. Hard on the heels of the discovery of a new type of hominin in Siberia, an international team says it's found the closest yet type of australopithecine to modern humans.