US EditionAncient Hominin Fossils Reveal Two Human Ancestors Lived Side by Side
The Burtele foot shows Australopithecus deyiremeda had a grasping big toe and a diet of leaves and fruit, indicating two hominin species coexisted with distinct lifestyles.
- Scientists found eight bones from an ancient human ancestor in the Afar Rift in Ethiopia, dating back 3.4 million years, as reported by paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie.
- The discovery suggests that Australopithecus deyiremeda and Australopithecus afarensis coexisted, living in the same environment but with different lifestyles, according to Haile-Selassie.
- The foot bone analysis indicates that Australopithecus deyiremeda had a different locomotion than Australopithecus afarensis, suggesting they lived very different lifestyles while coexisting.
- The findings demonstrate that human evolution involved multiple hominin species living together, challenging the idea that our evolution was linear, according to Haile-Selassie.
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Africa: New Fossil Proves Lucy's Species Coexisted With Another Relative Species
Addis Ababa -- A new fossil discovered at Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia, has revealed that Lucy's species co-existed with another relative species, Arizona State University researcher Yohannes Haile-Selassie reveled today.
The study analyzed the remains of "Burtele's feet" and found that they belong to the species Australopiothecus diiremeda, parent of the species known by "Lucy", which walked over the two feet and lived in the trees.
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Mystery foot belongs to ancient human relative: scientists
Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists said Wednesday.
New finds complement the image of a controversial Australopithecus species discovered in Ethiopia. Feet and teeth play a major role in this process.
A mysterious fossilized foot discovered in Ethiopia puts a little-known man's ancestor in the spotlight
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