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Published online 8 August 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070806-5
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Twin fossil find adds twist to human evolution
Homo erectus had an unexpected neighbour, and a surprising lifestyle too.
Two fossils unearthed in Kenya have added a new dimension to our view of life at the birth of our Homo genus. They show that two ancestral human species seem to have lived cheek-by-jowl in the same area, much as gorillas and chimpanzees do today.
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