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Article: Man's Ancestor From 40 Million Years Ago Found In North China
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 4, 1996
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Human-like creatures wandered around north China's jungles 40
millions ago - millions of years earlier than similar species in
Africa, dramatic new findings by anthropologists has revealed.
The discovery of a fossil, by a Sino-American joint scientific
expedition, points to the earliest ancestors of anthropoids walking
the planet.
The pre-man ancestor, who has a body the size of a rabbit and a
head the size of a ping-pong ball, is believed to be five million
years older than his African neighbor, and could be the earliest
ancestor shared by anthropoids including monkeys, apes and humans.
The fossil is a complete lower jaw bone of anthropoid primates
unearthed by the joint team at a field ...