New fossil pushes back Homo genus 400,000 years

New fossil pushes back Homo genus 400,000 years
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (UPI) Mar 4, 2015 - The genus Homo, the lineage that spawned modern man, may be 400,000 years older than previously thought. That's the conclusion scientists have made after pulling a 2.8-million-year-old jawbone from the dirt of a hilltop in Ethiopia. The team of U.S. researchers who discovered the jawbone, which boasts five teeth, says it is evidence of the first human from the Homo genus - showcasing t ... more

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