`New species` of ancient human found in Ethiopia
Augustin Sujan || risingbd.com
Australopithecus afarensis was thought to be a direct ancestor of modern humans
Risingbd Desk: A new species of ancient human has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia.
An international team of scientists, led by Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, has discovered the 3.3 to 3.5 million-year-old new human ancestor species.
The researchers discovered upper and lower jaw fossils from the Woranso-Mille area of the Afar region of Ethiopia.
The new species has been called Australopithecus deyiremeda, which means "close relative" in the language spoken by the Afar people.
This hominin lived alongside the famous "Lucy`s" species, Australopithecus afarensis.
It means this new hominin was alive at the same time as several other early human species, suggesting our family tree is more complicated than was thought.
The study has been published in the journal Nature.
The ancient remains are thought to belong to four individuals, who would have had both ape and human-like features.
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