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1.4 million-year-old jaw that was 'a bit weird for Homo' turns out to be from never-before-seen human relative
A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The ...
Strange 1.4 million-year-old fossil traced to previously unknown human relative 'nutcracker man’
Strange 1.4 million-year-old fossil traced to previously unknown human relative 'nutcracker man’ - ‘Nutcracker man’ likely ...
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The Power of the Human Jaw
Had a mechanical engineer designed the human frame, he would no doubt have built the jaws after the fashion of a nut cracker, with the muscles placed at the ends of the jaw levers, and the teeth ...