In 2008, a nine-year-old boy chasing his dog tripped over a rock and found a lost ancestor of the human race

In 2008, Matthew Berger's accidental discovery of Australopithecus sediba while chasing his dog dramatically changed our ...
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New species of ancient humans rewrites the story of early human evolution

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...
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Australopithecus fossils rewrite our family tree

Fresh fossil evidence from Ethiopia shows early Homo lived alongside a newly identified Australopithecus species nearly 2.8 million years ago. This finding challenges the traditional idea of a single, ...
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Newly Discovered Fossils Reveal Unknown Humanlike Relative

Researchers have uncovered fossils belonging to a previously unknown ancient human relative. And they may have lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known members of the genus Homo, from ...
New York Post

2.65 million-year-old fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia opens up current understandings of human evolution

Scientists in Ethiopia unearthed pieces of 2.65 million-year-old fossilized teeth belonging to two members of a newly discovered Homo species that could challenge previously accepted understandings of ...
The Washington Post

In ancient teeth, clues of human evolution — and perhaps a new species

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...