Toumai, the oldest hominid

2005/06/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

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Toumaire's skull was discovered in Chad in 2002, between six and seven billion years ago, and controversies have been many if it was hominid or not. The discoverers have reconstructed the image of this skull by tomography and have found more clues and, with these data, have ensured that the skull is of a hominid, known as Sahelanthropus tchadensis. However, not all experts agree.