A new branch to the human family tree
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A two million-year-old flat-faced skull pulled from the sandstones of east Africa has shored up claims that at least three species of early humans once co-existed.
Paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey at the field site where specimen KNM-ER 62000 was discovered. New fossils from Koobi Fora, northern Kenya, confirm at least three species of early humans co-existed. Mike Hettwer/National Geographic
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A 2 million-year-old flat-faced skull found in East Africa has shored up claims that at least three species of early humans once coexisted.
This year, scientists have recorded and observed galactic interactions, atmospheric phenomena and the first images of a black hole.