The teeth fossil findings suggest that two different hominin species — Australopithecus and the earliest members of our own genus Homo — coexisted there between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago.

New findings published in the journal Nature document the geological age, context and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project, Ethiopia.

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

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Long before evolution equipped them with the right teeth, early humans began eating tough grasses and starchy underground ...

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But for the new policy on democracy and human rights to work, Donald Trump needs to stop undermining them.

Indeed, it could be said that our ability to recognise our eventual demise and the grief that comes with losing those close to us are core elements of what it means to be human.