Nicky Phillips, Science Editor at the Sydney Morning Herald, reports in
a March 5 2015 article on the discovery of a jawbone in the Ethiopian
Rift Valley that is approximately 400,000 years older than
Homo habilis.
Named after the region in which it was discovered, the
Ledi-Gerau fossil
belongs to the oldest known member of the human family.
The discovery has been reported in the journal,
Science.
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Originally Posted by Nicky Phillips, Sydney Morning Herald
"To have a glimpse of the very earliest phase of our lineage's evolution is particularly exciting," said Dr Villmoare, from the University of Nevada.
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Article here -
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci...05-13vr8i.html