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4.05.2010

Missing link between man and apes found

By Richard Gray, Science CorrespondentThe discovery of a nearly-complete early human skeleton is set to  revolutionise scientists' understanding of human evolution.
Homo habilis lived 2.0-1.6 million years ago and had a wide distribution in Africa Photo: SPL

The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that includes humans, is to be revealed when the two-million-year-old skeleton of a child is unveiled this week.

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