This is Amazing: New Human Species? Fossil Find 'Clearly Distinct' From Other Early Humans!

DaltheJigsaw

Pretty interesting, what do you guys think?
My thoughts: Of course and if we keep looking we will find even more!:)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/new-human-species-fossil-rudolfensis_n_1756987.html#slide=more202948

vinlyn

I'm not really sure what you're asking. My background is in paleontology (although invertebrate). The big finds that were the focus of attention back when I was in university were from the genus Australopithecus. But they knew from the 1920s through the 1960s when the majority of these finds were made that it was only a part of the puzzle. The primary question is which of the various genera and species are part of the evolutionary path toward modern man, and which were dead ends.

DaltheJigsaw

I'm not really sure what you're asking. My background is in paleontology (although invertebrate). The big finds that were the focus of attention back when I was in university were from the genus Australopithecus. But they knew from the 1920s through the 1960s when the majority of these finds were made that it was only a part of the puzzle. The primary question is which of the various genera and species are part of the evolutionary path toward modern man, and which were dead ends.

Thank you! That's what I meant...the last two lines.

vinlyn

It's really that way with all genera and species, even the invertebrates.