Walking on two legs, a 7 million year old adventure
His name is Sahelanthropus tchadensis, but the public discovered him in 2001 under the name of “the man from Toumaï”. This distant ancestor lived 7 million years ago, and “He is the oldest representative of humanity to date”, says Franck Guy, from the paleontology laboratory of the University of Poitiers. From him have come down … Read more