Animal stories Ancient creatures History uncovered Africa See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place between 2.6 million and 2.8 million years ago — and one of them may be a previously unknown species. …
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Early Homo and Australopithecus Co-Existed in Ethiopia before 2.5 Million Years Ago
New hominin fossils recovered from the Ledi-Geraru Research Project area in the Afar region of Ethiopia suggest the presence of early Homo at 2.78 and 2.59 million years ago and a previously unknown species of Australopithecus at 2.63 million years ago. Forensic facial reconstruction of Australopithecus afarensis. Image credit: Cicero Moraes / CC BY-SA 3.0. The time interval between about …
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