Blow to multiple human species ideaPosted in Anthropology, Articles, Media Archive on 2013-10-19 21:19Z by Steven |
Blow to multiple human species idea
BBC News
2013-10-17
Melissa Hogenboom, Science Reporter
The idea that there were several different human species walking the Earth two million years ago has been dealt a blow.
Instead, scientists say early human fossils found in Africa and Eurasia may have been part of the same species.
Writing in the journal Science, the team says that Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis and Homo erectus are all part of a single evolving lineage that led to modern humans…
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