Humanlike legs took Homo out of Africa

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New Age Vapors — 9/23/2007 12:03:52 PM (archived)

Walking Small: Humanlike legs took Homo out of Africa

Newly discovered fossils, 1.77 million years old, show that the earliest known
human ancestors to leave Africa for Asia possessed humanlike legs, feet, and
spines, but strikingly small brains and primitive arms.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070922/fob1.asp

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New Proof That Hobbits Existed - phil - 9/21/2007 6:09:16 PM
- re: New Proof That Hobbits Existed - Ka - 10/4/2007 11:44:11 PM
  - That's telling him. Do your own anthropology expeditions, Phil! (n/t) - TB - 10/5/2007 3:55:45 AM
- Humanlike legs took Homo out of Africa - New Age Vapors - 9/23/2007 12:03:52 PM
  - How does that explain orangutans and macaques? - Lee - 9/23/2007 3:19:46 PM
    - He was talking only about the human branch. - TB - 9/23/2007 4:55:51 PM
      - It's amazing how similar they've remained. - Lee - 9/23/2007 8:39:59 PM
        
        Careful on your assumptions. - TB - 9/23/2007 9:09:55 PM
        
        re: Careful on your assumptions. - pwokenyaw - 10/5/2007 5:44:06 PM
        
        Sorry, meant to write "getting to South America" not "getting to Africa" (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 10/5/2007 5:45:29 PM
      - Oops. That should say "New World" monkeys. (n/t) - TB - 9/23/2007 4:56:30 PM

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