Summary: Australopithecus deyiremeda, a brand new species of hominin and link to some of our oldest ancestors was discovered in the dry Woranso-Mile area of Ethiopia. Parts of a set of teeth and jawbone are thought to be around 3.3 million to 3.5 million years old. All this supports and shows similarities to "Lucy" the Australopithecus afarensis discovered in 1974. Researcher Yohannes Haile-Selassie, head of physical anthropology at Cleveland Museum of Natural History talked of how this new species is another to show that "Australopithecus afarensis, was not the only potential human ancestor species that roamed in what is now the Afar region of Ethiopia..." New releases also say that the two fossils suggest that the early human were living in close proximity adding more the the case that they are related but still showcasing that they are of different species.
Analysis: Honestly I think the author lacked a sort of excitement for this whole topic, either that or Smith-Spark is just not as into Anthropology as I am which is frankly disappointing. Either way, I am really excited to hear news of this discovery. I love the whole pieces of the puzzle falling into place that this brings. How intertwined we all are with other species and how other species brought us to be. Though I with Smith-Spark would have included information as to wether or not they are still looking for more body parts in that region. Even though they did not find more than a couple jawbone and teeth pieces it would be amazing if they were able to find more.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/africa/ethiopia-fossil-hominin-ancestor/index.html
I agree. This is a toally cool new discovery that opens up a whole realm of posibilities and knowledge. We can do so much with this potential information of human ansestry. I believe that this is just the tip of the iceburge and I can't wait to see what new information this discovery brings.
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ReplyDeleteThis post excites me as well. I believe that knowing where we've come from is a huge part of necessary knowledge. Knowing what came before us can help us understand ourselves better. It can also show us things about how last life was run. I believe that if the author would've added more details that I would also be a lot more excited about this discovery, even though it is definetly interesting.
It is pretty awesome to hear about this! It goes to show how much we still have yet to discover about our planet earth. This can correlate to how the Europeans must have felt about the new world, settling in the dark reality that they have barely scratched the surface of understanding anything. © by Tristan Spohn
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