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Lucy a scientific muse for William Kimbel
Science Magazine's Breakthrough of the Year 2015
AAAS and Science Magazine honor 2015's major scientific discoveries.
<i>Science</i>: Oldest Fossil of <i>Homo</i> Genus Found in Ethiopia
The 2.8 million-year-old mandible and teeth push back the origin of the human genus by nearly half a million years.
<i>Science</i>: Faces Were First to Change in Neandertal Evolution
The beetling brows and forward thrusting faces of the classical Neandertal may have evolved before other characteristic features of their skulls, according to a new report.