Addis Ababa - Scientists yesterday said they had found fossilised remains in Ethiopia of what appeared to be a five-million-year-old ape-man, the oldest specimen yet discovered anywhere in the world.
Dr Tim White, from the University of California and leader of a 13-nation palaeontological team, said further studies were required to confirm the fossil was indeed an ancestor of modern man, but he was nevertheless enthusiastic. "The discovery quite clearly demonstrates Africa is the true origin of modern humans," he said.
