Ancient Teeth Reveal Hidden Hominin Species and Human Evolution Insights
TL;DR
Paleontologists discovered teeth of two different ancient human lineages at the same site in Ethiopia, suggesting that our ancestors and australopithecines coexisted and evolved side by side over hundreds of thousands of years, challenging the traditional linear view of human evolution.
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- Ancient Teeth Suggest Our Ancestors Lived Side by Side With a Mysterious Hominin ScienceAlert
- In ancient teeth, clues of human evolution — and perhaps a new species The Washington Post
- Ethiopian fossils reveal new species in human evolutionary lineage Reuters
- New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia Nature
- Never-before-seen cousin of Lucy might have lived at the same site as the oldest known human species, new study suggests Live Science
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