Fossil discovery fills gap in human evolution..

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"WASHINGTON - The latest fossil unearthed from a human ancestral hot
spot in Africa allows scientists to link together the most complete
chain of human evolution so far.

The 4.2 million-year-old fossil discovered in northeastern Ethiopia
helps scientists fill in the gaps of how human ancestors made the giant
leap from one species to another. That's because the newest fossil,
the species Australopithecus anamensis, was found in the region of the
Middle Awash - where seven other human-like species spanning nearly 6
million years and three major phases of human development were
previously discovered.

"We just found the chain of evolution, the continuity through
time," study co-author and Ethiopian anthropologist Berhane Asfaw
said in a phone interview from Addis Ababa. "One form evolved to
another. This is evidence of evolution in one place through time.""

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