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Nature 434, 432-434 (24 March 2005) | doi:10.1038/434432a; Published online 23 March 2005
Palaeoanthropology: Looking for the ancestors
Rex Dalton1
- Rex Dalton is Nature's US West Coast correspondent.
Abstract
The scientists who discovered a new species of human in Indonesia last year are now back, looking for the bones that will flesh out their theories. Rex Dalton joins them.
In a limestone cave on Java, sheltered from the monsoon rain that patters on the jungle leaves outside, a neatly dug shaft drops into the floor. Descending a bamboo ladder, workers disappear into the shadows to reinforce the pit's wooden supports.
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