Palaeoanthropology: Hominid revelations from Chad

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Wood, B [1 ]
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[1] George Washington Univ, Dept Anthropol, Washington, DC 20052 USA
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10.1038/418133a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The story of human origins in Africa takes a twist with the description of a 6–7-million-year-old cranium from Chad. The discovery hints at the likely diversity of early hominids.
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