Evolution of the genus Homo

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Two fossils discovered in Kenya cast doubt on theories of the early evolution of the genus Homo. They show that the species H. habilis and H. erectus - previously thought to have evolved one after the other - actually lived side-by-side in eastern Africa for almost half a million years.

Read the news story or the paper by Spoor et al. in this week's Nature. The image shows Fredrick Manthi with his discovery, the Homo erectus skull