From the vault: The discovery of the Homo floresiensis added a new, weird branch to the human family tree.
suggests it may have branched off from the human lineage even earlier than that. Unlike previous studies, this study by researchers at the Australian National University focused on the entire skeleton.
While the skull and lower jaw showed characteristics more in line withHomo erectusThe researchers instead place theHomo habiliswas one of the earliest modern human ancestors, and may, indeed, have been one of the missing links between chimps and humans.maintained ape-like features even as its brain capacity increased and its jaw inched toward what we would consider human.
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