by Jennifer Viegas
Today at Discovery News you can read about the earliest recognized  species of Homo, the first known member of our genus. This  latest addition to the human family, Homo gautengensis, was  from South Africa and measured just 3 feet tall. It spent a lot of time  in trees and had big teeth suitable for chewing plant material. H.  gautengensis emerged over 2 million years ago, but died out at  around 600,000 years ago. 
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Monday, May 24, 2010 
 
 