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Fri 10 Oct 2009Fossil analysis forces radical rethink on human evolution
LONG-HELD assumptions about the evolution of humans have been challenged following a detailed analysis of a fossil skeleton dating back 4.4 million years.
The ape-like creatures from which we evolved most likely did not learn to walk on two legs by hiking across the open African savannah. Nor can we make assumptions about what our “missing link” ancestor looked like by studying modern apes, the new research suggests.
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