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2-Million-Year-Old Skin Found in South Africa

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Post by Guest Tue May 12, 2015 4:12 pm

Researchers excavating a site containing Australopithecus remains have announced that one of the fossils had skin on. The six fossils discovered so far have been dated to 2 million years ago and belong to the species Australopithecus sediba, which combined features of both the original Australopithecus, the first erect hominin species, and of modern Homo species. The find is all the more fascinating because, in addition to this being possibly the oldest hominin skin ever discovered, the fossils contain traces of organic matter from the food these ancient human ancestors ate.


http://www.newhistorian.com/2-million-year-old-skin-found-in-south-africa/3740/

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