Skull stirs debate among scientists: Ape or human?: Critic claims discoverer ignored key evidence

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Skull stirs debate among scientists: Ape or human?: Critic claims discoverer ignored key evidence

Reaney, Patricia

National post (Toronto), 10/2002

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Milford Wolpoff and colleagues at the University of Michigan joined the doubters yesterday, saying it was not the remains of modern humans' most ancient relative but the fossil of an ape. Judging by the back of the skull, Toumai did not habitually hold up its head and walk erect -- a crucial difference between apes and humans -- according to Dr. Wolpoff. Black & White Photo: Agence France-Presse / A skull found in the Djurab desert of Chad last July was initially claimed to represent the earliest member of the human family yet found. Skeptics say the skull possesses features that show it is not a hominid. ;

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