The Fossils:

~Found in 1999 by Justin Erus, under Meave Leakey, at Lomekwi, Kenya

~Dated to between 3.5 and 3.2 million years

~For more information on Kenyanthropus platyops, check out:

     ABC News article: "A New Face Joins the Family"

    MSNBC article:  "Fossil Shakes the Evolutionary Tree"

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A. ramidus ~ A. anamensis ~ A. afarensis ~ A. africanus ~ A. gahri ~ A. bahrelghazali ~ P. boisei ~ P. aethiopicus ~ P. robustus ~ H. habilis ~ H. rudolfensis ~ H. erectus ~ H. ergaster ~ H. antecessor ~ H. heidelbergensis ~ H. neanderthalensis ~ H. sapiens

Southern Africa ~ Eastern Africa ~ North Central Africa ~ Asia ~ Europe/Northwestern Africa

Steven Heslip ~ 2001 ~ heslipst@msu.edu