Sahelanthropus or 'Sahelpithecus'?

Michel Brunet ()
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Michel Brunet: Faculté des Sciences et CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers

Nature, 2002, vol. 419, issue 6907, 582-582

Abstract: Abstract In 1925, when Dart described Australopithecus africanus1 as a hominid, critics interpreted it as a juvenile gorilla2,3,4. Last year, Wolpoff's colleagues (B.S. and M.P.) claimed that their Kenyan fossil Orrorin was a direct ancestor of Homo5, and now Wolpoff et al. conclude that Sahelanthropus was an ape (specifically, a female gorilla ancestor6) — a belief that, to our knowledge, is not supported by published or unpublished data.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1038/419582a

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