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Buronius Manfredschmidi: Smallest known species dating back 11 mn years discovered

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Buronius Manfredschmidi: Smallest known species dating back 11 mn years discovered

NEW DELHI: The smallest known great ape species, dating back 11 million years, has been unearthed in Germany, according to Guardian.This newly identified species, named Buronius manfredschmidi, is far smaller than any previously known great ape, with an estimated weight of just 10 kg (1 stone 8 lbs), roughly comparable to a human toddler, the … Read more

Small-brained hominid species challenges human exceptionalism, says paleoanthropologist

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Small-brained hominid species challenges human exceptionalism, says paleoanthropologist

The 2013 discovery of the largest collection of hominid fossils ever found is rewriting the origin of complex behaviours we thought were uniquely human, says a renowned paleoanthropologist. The fossilized bones belonged to an entirely new species of ancient human relatives called, Homo naledi, which lived in South Africa several hundred thousand years ago when the first Homo … Read more