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Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’

Aug. 28, 2019

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Scientists have found the first complete skull of one of the oldest human ancestors, thought to be up to six million years old
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Matt Crow/Cleveland Museum of Natural History via AP

This undated photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in August 2019 shows a facial reconstruction model by John Gurche made from a fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis. The species is considered to be an ancestor of A. afarensis, represented by “Lucy” found in 1974. From 3.8 million years ago, the ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, the grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo. Read more: Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
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Matt Crow/Cleveland Museum of Natural History via AP

This undated photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in August 2019 shows a facial reconstruction model by John Gurche made from a fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis. The species is considered to be an ancestor of A. afarensis, represented by “Lucy” found in 1974. From 3.8 million years ago, the ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, the grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo. Read more: Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
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Dale Omori/Cleveland Museum of Natural History via AP

This undated photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in August 2019 shows a fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis. The species is considered to be an ancestor of A. afarensis, represented by “Lucy” found in 1974. From 3.8 million years ago, the ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, the grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo. Read more: Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
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Matt Crow/Cleveland Museum of Natural History via AP

This undated photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in August 2019 shows a facial reconstruction model by John Gurche made from a fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis. The species is considered to be an ancestor of A. afarensis, represented by “Lucy” found in 1974. From 3.8 million years ago, the ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, the grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo. Read more: Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
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Dale Omori/Cleveland Museum of Natural History via AP

This undated photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in August 2019 shows a fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis. The species is considered to be an ancestor of A. afarensis, represented by “Lucy” found in 1974. From 3.8 million years ago, the ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, the grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo. Read more: Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History via AP

In this undated photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in August 2019, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, holds a fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis. The species is considered to be an ancestor of A. afarensis, represented by “Lucy” found in 1974. From 3.8 million years ago, the ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, the grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo. Read more: Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
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