자신이 찾아낸 이 화석이 아프리카에서 3백50만년 전에 생존했던 오스트랄로피테쿠스(Australopithecus)의 선임자임을 확신하고 있다.오우라노피테쿠스가 발견된 것은 이번이 처음이 아니다. 이미 20년 전에 같은 장소에서 그 턱과 이빨 조각이 나와 고고학계를 흥분시킨 적이 있었다. 당시의 학자들은 ...
Earth to be dominated by Homo erectus and its descendants, Homo sapiens. There is just a chance, however, that it was Australopithecus robustus that, before it died out, bequeathed to us the use of fire. Not likely, in my opinion, but just maybe.(c) 1988, Los Angeles Times ...
they had hips and legs just like ours and could walk erect as easily as we do. The oldest of these bears the name Australopithecus afarensis. Fossilized bones have been discovered that seem to place it about 4 million years old. Undoubtedly there must be even earlier specimens. It seems reasonable to suppose that there have been hominids on Earth for 5 million years. This would make the ...