Sentences with phrase «latest hominid fossil»

Not exact matches

Ardi's hip arrangement doesn't appear in two later fossil hominids, including the famous partial skeleton known as Lucy, a 3.2 - million - year - old Australopithecus afarensis.

In that case, root fusion in Graecopithecus, as found in later fossil hominids, indicates a direct evolutionary connection, Begun says.

Because the face and teeth resembled those of later human ancestors, the scientists said that the fossils were those of a human - like, or hominid, species — even though the skull could hold only a chimp - sized brain.