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I guess this goes here.
Anyway, new partial skeleton of a prehuman species "Ardipithecus ramidus" were unveiled very recently after extensive computer analysis and modeling. It predates Lucy (Australopithecus) by a million years. Here is the article.
excerpt:"Instead, the new finds show that what seems most ancient about nonhuman primates today--such as canine fangs, long limbs with hooked fingers meant for swinging through trees and hands designed for knuckle-walking--may actually be the product of more recent development, the researchers said. In that sense, the human hand today actually may be the more primitive appendage, they said."
Anyway, new partial skeleton of a prehuman species "Ardipithecus ramidus" were unveiled very recently after extensive computer analysis and modeling. It predates Lucy (Australopithecus) by a million years. Here is the article.
excerpt:"Instead, the new finds show that what seems most ancient about nonhuman primates today--such as canine fangs, long limbs with hooked fingers meant for swinging through trees and hands designed for knuckle-walking--may actually be the product of more recent development, the researchers said. In that sense, the human hand today actually may be the more primitive appendage, they said."