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    'New species' of ancient human unearthed in Ethiopia

    28 May 2015 Last updated at 17:55 BST

    A new species of ancient human has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia,
    scientists report.Researchers discovered jaw bones and teeth, which date to
    between 3.3m and 3.5m years old.The new species has been called
    Australopithecus deyiremeda, which means "close relative" in the language spoken
    by the Afar people.

    Science correspondent Rebecca Morelle reports.
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    New Human Ancestor Species from Ethiopia - May 2015



    Published on 27 May 2015


    A new relative joins “Lucy” on the human family tree. An international team of
    scientists, led by Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie of The Cleveland Museum of Natural
    History, has discovered a 3.3 to 3.5 million-year-old new human ancestor species.
    Upper and lower jaw fossils recovered from the Woranso-Mille area of the Afar region of
    Ethiopia have been assigned to the new species Australopithecus deyiremeda. This
    hominin lived alongside the famous “Lucy’s” species, Australopithecus afarensis. The
    species will be described in the May 28, 2015 issue of the international scientific journal Nature.


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    Mysterious fossils reveal new species of early HUMAN: Thick-jawed hominid lived
    alongside 'Lucy' 3.4 million years ago
    Scientists have named the new species Australopithecus deyiremeda
    Discovery suggests our evolutionary roots are more complex than believed
    Several early human species seem to have lived side-by-side in East Africa
    The new species had a thick jaw with small front teeth and thick enamel

    By Richard Gray for MailOnline

    Published: 18:02, 27 May 2015 | Updated: 18:56, 27 May 2015

    A previously unknown species of early human, which lived alongside the famous
    ancestor known as Lucy, has been discovered in Ethiopia.Anthropologists studied
    jawbones and teeth found in the Woranso-Mille area and identified them as
    belonging to a new human which lived around 3.4 million years ago.They have
    named the species, which appears to have dental features previously thought to
    have appeared much later in the Homo species, as Australopithecus deyiremeda.



    The fossils were discovered in the Burtele area of central Afar (shown) in Ethiopia. The
    site is less than 20 miles (35km) from a location where many fossils of sister species
    Australopithicus afarenis were found



    The new species, Australopithecus deyiremeda lived around the same time as
    Australopithecus afarensis

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    Published on 4 Mar 2015


    Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first
    humans.The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers
    thought that our kind first emerged.The discovery in Ethiopia suggests climate
    change spurred the transition from tree dweller to upright walker.The head of the
    research team told BBC News that the find gives the first insight into "the most
    important transitions in human evolution".

    Prof Brian Villmoare of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas said the discovery
    makes a clear link between an iconic 3.2 million-year-old hominin (human-like
    primate) discovered in the same area in 1974, called "Lucy".

    Could Lucy's kind - which belonged to the species Australopithecus afarensis - have
    evolved into the very first primitive humans?

    "That's what we are arguing," said Prof Villmoare.

    But the fossil record between the time period when Lucy and her kin were alive and
    the emergence of Homo erectus (with its relatively large brain and humanlike body
    proportions) two million years ago is sparse.

    The 2.8 million-year-old lower jawbone was found in the Ledi-Geraru research area,
    Afar Regional State, by Ethiopian student Chalachew Seyoum. He told BBC News
    that he was "stunned" when he saw the fossil.

    "The moment I found it, I realised that it was important, as this is the time period
    represented by few (human) fossils in Eastern Africa."

    The fossil is of the left side of the lower jaw, along with five teeth. The back molar
    teeth are smaller than those of other hominins living in the area and are one of the
    features that distinguish humans from more primitive ancestors, according to
    Professor William Kimbel, director of Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins.

    "Previously, the oldest fossil attributed to the genus Homo was an upper jaw from
    Hadar, Ethiopia, dated to 2.35m years ago," he told BBC News.

    "So this new discovery pushes the human line back by 400,000 years or so, very
    close to its likely (pre-human) ancestor. Its mix of primitive and advanced features
    makes the Ledi jaw a good transitional form between (Lucy) and later humans."

    A computer reconstruction of a skull belonging to the species Homo habilis, which
    has been published in Nature journal, indicates that it may well have been the
    evolutionary descendant of the species announced today.

    The researcher involved, Prof Fred Spoor of University College London told BBC
    News that, taken together, the new findings had lifted a veil on a key period in the
    evolution of our species.

    "By discovering a new fossil and re-analysing an old one we have truly contributed
    to our knowledge of our own evolutionary period, stretching over a million years
    that had been shrouded in mystery," he said.Climate change

    The dating of the jawbone might help answer one of the key questions in human
    evolution. What caused some apes to climb down from the trees and make their
    homes on the ground.

    A separate study in Science hints that a change in climate might have been a
    factor. An analysis of the fossilised plant and animal life in the area suggests that
    what had once been lush forest had become dry grassland.

    As the trees made way for vast plains, apes found a way of exploiting the new
    environmental niche, developing bigger brains and becoming less reliant on having
    big jaws and teeth by using tools.Prof Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum
    in London described the discovery as a "big story".

    He says the new species clearly does show the earliest step toward human
    characteristics, but suggests that half a jawbone is not enough to tell just how
    human it was and does not provide enough evidence to suggest that it was this line
    that led to us.He notes that the emergence of human-like characteristics was not
    unique to Ethiopia.

    "The human-like features shown by Australopithecus sediba in South Africa at
    around 1.95 million years ago are likely to have developed independently of the
    processes which produced (humans) in East Africa, showing that parallel origins are
    a distinct possibility," Prof Stringer explained.

    This would suggest several different species of humans co-existing in Africa around
    two million years ago with only one of them surviving and eventually evolving into
    our species, Homo sapiens. It is as if nature was experimenting with different
    versions of the same evolutionary configuration until one succeeded.

    Prof Stringer added: "These new studies leave us with an even more complex
    picture of early humans than we thought, and they challenge us to consider the
    very definition of what it is to be human. Are we defined by our small teeth and
    jaws, our large brain, our long legs, tool-making, or some combination of these traits?"
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    Default Re: 'New species' of ancient human unearthed in Ethiopia , A new relative joins “Lucy” on the human family tree.

    As another possible hominid is dug up in Ethiopia this only suggests to me that we
    may be a complete separate species . Or possible more evidence of manipulation by
    a extra terrestrial race like the Annunnaki. Anyway no mention of that above , but
    its interesting for me to see what the 'Soil Sifters' are up to....LOL




    This is just Science fiction hokum right ? Yet with all the mainstream sky- fy -
    Science concepts being created into our reality . The fact we are descendants of
    older humanity , or created by a extra terrestrial race is not that far fetched to me.....

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    Default Re: 'New species' of ancient human unearthed in Ethiopia , A new relative joins “Lucy” on the human family tree.

    I love how science portrays an animal then an animal walking a little taller the taller then a human being ... lol They never consider the other way around , An advanced human mixing with a lower evolved being , then through genetics , altering the new life form and creating a hominoid , then on and on creating a monkey , a gorilla , a sasquatch , the Yeti ... the Et's say the ape was created from Man ... I believe the Yeti , bigfoot and such are or were experiments in a very long genetic program started by ET's from the past ...this new discovery just confirms for me , what the ET's have said , there were many genetic experiments along the way in creating the Earth warrior class ...
    Raiding the Matrix One Mind at a Time ...

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    Default Re: 'New species' of ancient human unearthed in Ethiopia , A new relative joins “Lucy” on the human family tree.

    Exactly, ghostrider. People are getting dumber. How is that "evolving?" Read examples of entries in Civil War journals. From foot soldiers to generals, the writing is eloquent. Sure, there are misspellings but the language is eloquently chosen (and beautifully written) and shows a command of a vocabulary. Then read comments sections under web articles. If anything proves the evolution drawing series is reversed, this does. I also notice there don't seem to be any "partially evolved" monkey-people. Why not? How come there aren't examples of these monkey-people in the various stages of "evolution?"

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