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Ethiopia Fossil May Be From Early Primate

Associatred Press, WASHINGTON,USA, Mar 5, 7:12 AM ET -- Six
fossil teeth found in an Ethiopian desert and dated at about 5.2
million years may be from a previously unknown type of prehuman
primate that was among the first to evolve from the common
ancestor of humans and apes, a study suggests.

The teeth have distinctive features that are thought to have
existed among the first hominids to emerge after the ape and
human lineages evolved apart some six to eight million years ago,
researchers say in the journal Science.

The researchers, led by Haile-Selassie of the Cleveland Museum of
Natural History, say that the teeth come from a hominid known as
Ardipithecus kadabba, one of the earliest known human ancestors.

A canine tooth in the assembly closely resembles teeth found in
apes. The researchers say that the canine teeth were arranged so
that they were sharpened against the lower premolars. This
characteristic is common in both ancient and modern apes, the
researchers say.

Haile-Selassie and his co-authors suggest that Ardipithecus
kadabba and the fossils of two other prehuman primates of about
the same age may all be members of variation of a single genus of
hominids.


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Comment:
There is still plenty of room for political/ historical/
archeological/anthropological research into Africa's current,
recent, past and distant past. Indeed eager, qualified research
scholars are plentiful in Africa. Yet Egypt's ancient pyramids -
and the ancients centers of learning - have received far greater
scholarly attention (and tourists) than the equally mysterious,
ancient pyramids - and ancient centers of learning - of the
Saharan region of West Africa.
And there is still a lot we do not know about the great Nubian
kingdoms.
And the kingdoms of the people of maZimbabwe.
And Carthage.
When the early Arab traders arrived at the east coast of Africa,
they found structured, vibrant societies of traders. What is the
early story of the waSwahili?

Evidence of vast cities and gay bathhouses may not be there. But
the archeologist uncovers some bones, pieces of clay, shaped bits
of metal or stone and maybe a 'unnatural' arrangement of stone -
bits and pieces that 'speak to us' about a people, our ancestors.

Perhaps there is a clue in the insistence of many whites that
Egyptians and Carthagians are/were NOT Africans (just as a South
American may insist that Spaniards are not Europeans.) Indeed,
the archeological efforts in Africa are often funded and directed
by (semi)private foundations. And generally the foundations do
not fund black researchers - even, and especially, the emminent
ones who may have keen research interests in their black
civilizations, not among (white) priorities.

Now, with regard to Africa's foundations ..


Charlie
.................. ..............
"As a social anthropologist, I naturally accept and even stress
the fact that there are major differences, both mental and
psychological, which separate the different races of mankind.
Indeed, I would be inclined to suggest that however great may be
the physical differences between such races as the European and
the Negro, the mental and psychological differences are greater
still."
L.S.B. Leakey, a noted archeologist (and white supremacist?)
"Progress And Evolution Of Man In Africa"
Oxford University Press, 1961.

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