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Toumaï, the face of the deep

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A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa
MICHEL BRUNET, FRANCK GUY, DAVID PILBEAM, HASSANE TAISSO MACKAYE, ANDOSSA LIKIUS, DJIMDOUMALBAYE AHOUNTA, ALAIN BEAUVILAIN, C�CILE BLONDEL, HERV� BOCHERENS, JEAN-RENAUD BOISSERIE, LOUIS DE BONIS, YVES COPPENS, JEAN DEJAX, CHRISTIANE DENYS, PHILIPPE DURINGER, V�RA EISENMANN, GONGDIB� FANONE, PIERRE FRONTY, DENIS GERAADS, THOMAS LEHMANN, FABRICE LIHOREAU, ANTOINE LOUCHART, ADOUM MAHAMAT, GILDAS MERCERON, GUY MOUCHELIN, OLGA OTERO, PABLO PELAEZ CAMPOMANES, MARCIA PONCE DE LEON, JEAN-CLAUDE RAGE, MICHEL SAPANET, MATHIEU SCHUSTER, JEAN SUDRE, PASCAL TASSY, XAVIER VALENTIN, PATRICK VIGNAUD, LAURENT VIRIOT, ANTOINE ZAZZO & CHRISTOPH ZOLLIKOFER
Nature 418, 145–151 (2002); doi:10.1038/nature00879
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Geology and palaeontology of the Upper Miocene Toros-Menalla hominid locality, Chad
PATRICK VIGNAUD, PHILIPPE DURINGER, HASSANE TAÏSSO MACKAYE, ANDOSSA LIKIUS, C�CILE BLONDEL, JEAN-RENAUD BOISSERIE, LOUIS DE BONIS, V�RA EISENMANN, MARIE-ESTHER ETIENNE, DENIS GERAADS, FRANCK GUY, THOMAS LEHMANN, FABRICE LIHOREAU, NIEVES LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, C�CILE MOURER-CHAUVIR�, OLGA OTERO, JEAN-CLAUDE RAGE, MATHIEU SCHUSTER, LAURENT VIRIOT, ANTOINE ZAZZO & MICHEL BRUNET
Nature 418, 152–155 (2002); doi:10.1038/nature00880
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Palaeoanthropology: Hominid revelations from Chad
BERNARD WOOD
The story of human origins in Africa takes a twist with the description of a 6–7-million-year-old cranium from Chad. The discovery hints at the likely diversity of early hominids.
Nature 418, 133–135 (2002); doi:10.1038/418133a
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