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Published online 19 September 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070917-6

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Treasure trove of Homo erectus found

Dozens of fossils reveal four primitive humans.

A trove of the oldest human skeletal bones outside Africa is reported in Nature this week — a find that will help researchers to improve their understanding of the biology of the 1.8-million-year-old hominins.

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