More ancestors than we thought! Part 4

(Homo gautengensis skull: Credit: Darren Curnoe)

 

(Neanderthal child reconstruction; Credit: Christoph P.E. Zollikofer)

"Today at Discovery News you can read about the earliest recognized species of Homo, the first known member of our genus. 
This latest addition to the human family, Homo gautengensis, was from South Africa and measured just 3 feet tall. 
It spent a lot of time in trees and had big teeth suitable for chewing plant material. H. gautengensis emerged over 2 million years ago, but died out at around 600,000 years ago..." Analysis by Jennifer Viegas.

Get Ready for More Proto-Humans : Discovery News(25 May 2010)
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3D TODAY   # blast from the past

• Part 1   Blast from the past: Remote  ancestors and faces in 3D
• Part 2   Forward to the Past
• Part 3   Medieval snapshot 
• Part 4   More ancestors than we thought!
• Part 5   A Blast from the Past: Collection | Part 5
• Part 6   Blast from the Past 6 | When life was in B&W