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Ethiopian skulls could be modern humans' immediate ancestors

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD New York Times

Thursday, June 12, 2003

In the 160,000-year-old fossilized skulls of three Ethiopians -- two adults and a child -- scientists think they see for the first time the faces of the immediate ancestors of modern humans.

The faces are longer than those of earlier ancestors or any contemporary Neanderthals in Eurasia. Their midfaces are broad, but the nasal bones are tall and narrow. The brow ridges are less prominent than the glowering visages looking down from earlier branches of the family tree. The cranial vaults are higher and within

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