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Orrorin tugenensis discovery

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Orrorin

Orrorin tugenensis is a postulated early species of Homininae, estimated at 6.1 to 5.7 million years (Ma) and discovered in 2000. It is not confirmed how Orrorin is related to modern humans. Its discovery was an argument against the hypothesis that australopithecines are human ancestors, as much as it still remains the most prevalent hypothesis of human evolution as of 2012.

References

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrorin
  • Senut, B., 2001, First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya), Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, v. 332, p. 137–144
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