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Sorry, couldn't resist. Oldest discovered Genus homo that is.
Earliest known fossil of the genus Homo dates to 2.8 to 2.75 million years ago
" The earliest known record of the genus Homo—the human genus—represented by a lower jaw with teeth, recently found in the Afar region of Ethiopia, dates to between 2.8 and 2.75 million years ago, according to an international team of geoscientists and anthropologists. They also dated other fossils to between 2.84 and 2.58 million years ago, which helped reconstruct the environment in which the individual lived.
"The record of hominin evolution between 3 and 2.5 million years ago is poorly documented in surface outcrops, particularly in Afar, Ethiopia," said Erin N. DiMaggio, research associate in the department of geosciences, Penn State.
Hominins are the group of primates that include Homo sapiens—humans—and their ancestors. The term is used for the branch of the human evolutionary line that exists after the split from chimpanzees."
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Earliest known fossil of the genus Homo dates to 2.8 to 2.75 million years ago
" The earliest known record of the genus Homo—the human genus—represented by a lower jaw with teeth, recently found in the Afar region of Ethiopia, dates to between 2.8 and 2.75 million years ago, according to an international team of geoscientists and anthropologists. They also dated other fossils to between 2.84 and 2.58 million years ago, which helped reconstruct the environment in which the individual lived.
"The record of hominin evolution between 3 and 2.5 million years ago is poorly documented in surface outcrops, particularly in Afar, Ethiopia," said Erin N. DiMaggio, research associate in the department of geosciences, Penn State.
Hominins are the group of primates that include Homo sapiens—humans—and their ancestors. The term is used for the branch of the human evolutionary line that exists after the split from chimpanzees."
rest at link