Rethinking how we name and classify our human ancestors following recent evolutionary discoveries (IMAGE)

Monash University

Rethinking how we name and classify our human ancestors following recent evolutionary discoveries

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New Monash University research argues our Paranthropus (pictured) and Australopithecus ancestors who lived up to 5 million years ago should be included under the Homo group of species.

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Ian Towle, Monash University.

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