Evidence was found on one of the smallest human relatives – and perhaps sufficiency – in South Africa, according to paper in Human Development Magazine.
Researchers who found what they identified as a jar of a Paranthropus Robustus Female, you can stand less than 3 feet 4.5 inches. This is about half an inch shorter than the famous “Lucy” and the shortest 6 inches than the so -called homeless.
Comparing the heights of these three types is interesting, but it may be unfair, as they are separated by many thousands of years and not necessarily related to development. This is the same P. Robustus He lived about 2 million years ago and was found in South Africa. Lucy Australopithecus Afarensis Member, has come from Ethiopia about 3.2 million years ago. And the veinand or Homo Floresiensis, He lived on an island in Indonesia about 12,000 years ago.
Lucky discovery of bad luck
this P. Robustus The female was not fortunate, because, based on the signs of teeth on her bones, it appears that she was a victim of concept. It is likely that the meat is eaten from a tree, and sometimes the bones fall, which may be scattered over time. A few of these bones found their way to a cave, where the researchers found it.
Travis BakeringThe ancient world at the University of Wisconsin -Madison, who helped discover, describe, and described Al -Ahfari, says it was “euphoria” when he saw the bones.
“Discovering such, in this context-that is, millions of years and from the cave, which is very dynamic in terms of things like accumulated deposits, rock from the surface, and prehistoric animal activities in which they have been drawn, including eating and chewing-rarely like finding Hungon teeth,” he says. “I can’t be happier.”
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The diversity of pre -man
Beckering, author of the paper describing Al -Ahfouri, says the discovery is especially important because it sheds light on the diversity of the ancestors of the first person.
“Paranthropus Robustus It was not our direct ancestor, but instead, it was very close contemporary (cousin “, if you will) Homo Ergster“In general, it is important to understand the scope of diversity represented in the entire human family in order to really appreciate how to communicate with the rest of the natural world and that we are also subject to the same forces that formed other forms of life,” says Beckering.
Although scientists rebuilt the height of the fossil, and they were more likely to be mixed with a mixed structure, they stumbled due to the curvature of the bones of their leg, especially compared to the most powerful hips. Beckering says this issue continues to “disturb” the team, but finding more of its bones may help them solve the puzzle. He believes that there is a good opportunity for such a discovery, because the leopards tend to eat in one place.
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The types that flourished
Despite the other P. Robustus The bones are similarly found with dental marks, Beckering says it is just because the species were a victim of predators, and this does not make them inefficient in one way or another. This sign is not commensurate with the types that were able to prosper for a million years.
“Just because some Paranthropus Robustus “Individuals – including those represented by the new fossils – were the unfortunate victims of predators, it would be completely incomplete to conclude that all species were stumbling in one way or another,” says Beckering.
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Before joining Discover, Paul Smaglik spent more than 20 years as a scientific journalist, specialized in American life sciences and international scientific job issues. He started his career in newspapers, but he turned into scientific journals. His work appeared in publications, including news of science, science, nature and scientific America.
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