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MILAN
Italian, Eritrean scientists uncover million-year-old fossil
28/01/2013
Fragments belong to skull of human ancestor
Milan, January 28 - An Italian-Eritrean research team has discovered skull
fragments of a human ancestor dating back approximately one million years.
The fossils were found at Muhuli Amo in Eritrea, which lies in the Horn of
Africa, at an archaeological site where a wealth of early tools have been
found. The international research team, led by paleoanthropologist Alfredo
Coppa of Rome's University Sapienza, says the skull fragments belong to the
same individual whose remains have been previously discovered by
researchers. This time, the fossil fragments will help researchers put
together a larger section of the skull. That, said Coppa, will lead to a
better understanding of man's origins. "These new findings confirm
conclusively that the area that we are investigating is one of the areas
with the highest potential for research dealing with the origins of our
species 'sapiens', whose direct ancestors appear in the region of about
400,000 years later". (photo: archive picture of a dig)
Received on Mon Jan 28 2013 - 20:43:06 EST
