Scientists Put a Face on an Ancient Human Ancestor

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Scientists have discovered a 3.8 million-year-old head belonging to a creature that stood on the cusp of apes and humans

Scientists on Wednesday announced their discovery of a face from the earliest moments of human evolution: a cranium 3.8 million years old belonging to a creature that stood on the cusp of apes and humans.

The fossilized head bones reveal for the first time the blunt snout, broad cheeks and narrow forehead of a distant human relation called Australopithecus anamensis, who may have vied for survival in the primeval scrub of East Africa at the same time as the iconic human ancestor “Lucy” and her kin, the scientists said. The...

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