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Curious places in Chad
3 articles, each fact-checked and tied to a spot you can stand on.
PaleoanthropologyBorkou
A Hominin 2,500 Kilometers WestAustralopithecus bahrelghazali from 3.5 million years ago. Found 2,500 km west of the Rift Valley; destroying the theory that humans evolved in a single corridor.
scienceBorkou
Humanity's 7-Million-Year-Old RelativeThe oldest known hominin skull at 7 million years. Found 2,500 km west of the Rift Valley, it destroyed the theory that humans evolved only in East Africa.
PaleoanthropologyBorkou Region
The 7-Million-Year-Old Skull From ChadA 7-million-year-old skull that may be the oldest human ancestor. But it was found so far west of the Rift Valley it confused everyone.
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