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“The new species is yet another confirmation that Lucy’s species, Australopithecus afarensis, was not the only potential human ancestor species that roamed in what is now the Afar region of Ethiopia during the middle Pliocene,” said lead author and Woranso-Mille project team leader Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie. “Current fossil evidence from the Woranso-Mille study area clearly shows that there were at least two, if not three, early human species living at the same time and in close geographic proximity.
~ Australopithecus deyiremeda Cleveland Museum of Natural History
I wonder if they interacted, possibly even interbred. A very exciting find for sure.
Also: The species will be described in the May 28, 2015 issue of the international scientific journal Nature.
~ Australopithecus deyiremeda Cleveland Museum of Natural History
I wonder if they interacted, possibly even interbred. A very exciting find for sure.
Also: The species will be described in the May 28, 2015 issue of the international scientific journal Nature.