April 06, 2005

Old Man of Chad

Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Nature

Meet your grandpappy and mine, the earliest known, probably bipedal, hominid from SEVEN million years ago (Lucy was about 3.2 million back, and in some scenarios was not directly on the family tree).

For comparison, here is the lovely Kari from Mythbusters, suggesting significant progress in 7 million years.

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Evolution. Accept with glee.

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