Posted: May 28, 2015 2:08 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32906836
B.B.C. Article
A new species of ancient human has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia, scientists report.
Researchers discovered jaw bones and teeth, which date to between 3.3m and 3.5m years old.
It means this new hominin was alive at the same time as several other early human species, suggesting our family tree is more complicated than was thought.
Australopithecus afarensis was thought to be a direct ancestor of modern humans
The study is published in the journal Nature.
The new species has been called Australopithecus deyiremeda, which means "close relative" in the language spoken by the Afar people.
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