Virtual reconstruction of fossil face of 1.5 million-year-old human ancestor. (IMAGE)

Midwestern University

Virtual reconstruction of fossil face of 1.5 million-year-old human ancestor.

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Fossil fragments of a face as well as teeth were reassembled to produce the most complete cranium of a human ancestor from this time in the Horn of Africa.

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Dr. Karen L. Baab. Scans provided by National Museum of Ethiopia. Photographs courtesy of M. Rogers and G. Suwa.

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