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5. Some of it will need to be rewritten

Fri Mar 5, 2021, 06:46 PM

Mar 2021

Fossil remains now go back 4.4 million years, predating Lucy by nearly 2 million years. https://www.livescience.com/nearly-complete-lucy-ancestor-skull-unearthed.html

I just wonder if we'll ever find remains of the creature that predates the split between homonins and chimpanzees.

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Some of it will need to be rewritten Warpy Mar 2021 #5

Yea, it's pretty old Siwsan Mar 2021 #6

Thanks! I love this stuff! abqtommy Mar 2021 #7

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