29 Aug 2019

Ethiopia skull discovery raises questions about human evolution

From Checkpoint, 5:40 pm on 29 August 2019

A discovery in Ethiopia is challenging ideas about how the first humans evolved from ape-like ancestors.

Archaeologists found a nearly-complete skull dating back 3.8 million years.

They have published details of the specimen in the journal, Nature. Priscilla Huff reports.

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