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1.5-mn-yr-old fossil face challenges views on early human origins
short by Neeraja Nath / on Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
Researchers digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil, DAN5, from Ethiopia's Gona. Homo erectus was earliest human ancestor to migrate out of Africa. While DAN5 has a small brain like African Homo erectus, its face and teeth seem more primitive, challenging notions about evolution and suggesting early humans migrated a lot and mixed with different groups.
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