Ancestral Human Skull Found in China National Geographic - February 22, 2008

A human skull tentatively dating back 80,000 to 100,000 years may
shed light on a murky chapter of evolutionary history, its discoverers say.
Ancient Jawbone Could Shake Up Fossil Record National Geographic - July 16, 2007
Ancient skull found in Ethiopia BBC - March 27, 2006

Fossil hunters in Ethiopia have unearthed an ancient skull which they
say could be a "missing link" between Homo erectus and modern people.
Fossil Pushes Upright Walking Back 2 Million Years, Study Says National Geographic - September 2004

Chimp-size human-like creature walked on two
legs as early as six million years ago
Australia: Sheep farmer finds oldest vertebrate fossil BBC - October 2003
Oldest skull found in Ethiopia - 2 adult males - 1 child BBC - June 2003
Story 2 - Science Daily - June 2003

He may have looked like this...
Three fossilised skulls unearthed in Herto, Ethiopia are said
by scientists to be among the most important discoveries
ever made in the search for the origin of humans.
Hominid fossils show their age April 2003 - BBC
Australopithecus fossils from caves in South Africa
may have been buried about 4 million years.
Neanderthals 'had hands like ours' BBC - March 2003

Computer reconstructions of fossilised bones show their
hands had almost the same manual dexterity as ours.
Evidence of earliest human burial BBC - March 2003

Researchers claim to have found the earliest deliberate
human burial - and therefore the first evidence of symbolic
thought - at a 350,000-year-old site in northern Spain.
Fossil key to human origins BBC - March 2003
The remains of the 1.8-million-year-old hominid are said
to rank among the best specimens yet discovered of
the earliest members of our genus, Homo.
1.8 Million-Year-Old Hominid Jaw Found National Geographic - February 2003
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