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Published online 31 August 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050829-10
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First chimp fossil unearthed
500,000-year-old teeth shed light on evolutionary split between humans and chimps.
Palaeontologists digging in the dusty wastelands of East Africa have discovered the first known chimpanzee fossil. The modest haul of just three teeth is the first hard evidence of the evolutionary path that led to today's chimpanzees.
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