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A rare glimpse of an early human face

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An upper jaw found in Ethiopia in 1994 and identified as belonging to the genus Homo has been securely dated at about 2.33 million years old, making it the oldest official Homo on record. Classification of the species would help clarify the lineage from australopithecus to homo.

Author: Gibbons, Ann
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
Usage, Radioactive dating, Radiometric dating

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Homo erectus in Java: a 250,000-year anachronism

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An interdisciplinary team of scientists has redated two fossil sites in Java and concluded that Homo erectus was still living in Java 27,000 to 53,000 years ago. This is 250,000 years after H erectus was believed to have been extinct in Asia.

Author: Gibbons, Ann
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
Antiquities, Java (Programming language), Java, Pithecanthropus erectus, Homo erectus

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A new face for human ancestors

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Hominid fossils found at Atapuerca, Spain, date back 780,000 years and appear to represent the oldest known ancestor of both Neanderthals and modern humans. The new species has been named Homo antecessor.

Author: Gibbons, Ann
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
Human evolution

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Subjects list: Research, Prehistoric peoples
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