Researchers have confirmed the age of possibly our oldest direct human ancestor at 1.98 million years old.
The discovery was made after researchers conducted further dating of the early human fossils, Australopithecus sediba, found in South Africa last year.
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The discovery was made after researchers conducted further dating of the early human fossils, Australopithecus sediba, found in South Africa last year.
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