Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans

[glasshouses]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31718336


The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers thought that our kind first emerged.

The discovery in Ethiopia suggests climate change spurred the transition from tree dweller to upright walker.

The head of the research team told BBC News that the find gives the first insight into "the most important transitions in human evolution

[Turbineguy]

1. That must be

the jawbone of the ass mentioned in the Bible.

[misterhighwasted]

2. AhhhHaaaha.

[glasshouses]

4. hehe

[COLGATE4]

6. Nope. The jawbone of the first Rethuglican. nt

[samsingh]

3. almost 3 million years! i can't even fatham. so much has happened in only 3000 years.

[madinmaryland]

5. Wait, what? The earth is actually only 6,529 years old. That's what my book says and I also

read it on the internets, so it must be true!!

[hifiguy]

7. Science Marches On!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. Must have been a politician if his mouth is the only thing to survive.