THE discovery of our earliest human-like ancestor has shaken up the roots of humanity. The stunning hominid skull, uncovered in the Djurab desert in Chad, is 6 to 7 million years old and is expected to transform our understanding of human origins.
The skull is around 2 million years older than any accepted hominid fossil skull so far and combines a unique set of both ape and human-like features. The features suggest that hominids did not, as supposed, evolve key traits only the one time en route to becoming modern-day humans.
News of the discovery was leaked to the press…
