Tchadanthropus uxoris
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Tchadanthropus uxoris was the name given in 1965 to the partial skull of the first early hominid till then discovered in Central Africa, found in Chad during an expedition led by the anthropologist Yves Coppens.[1] The skull was uncovered in 1961[2] by Yves Coppens' wife Françoise near Koro Toro. The name was given by Yves Coppens, and means "my wife's Chadian man".[citation needed]
Early thought a million of years old Chadian variety of the Homo habilis,[2] the Tchadanthropus uxoris is no longer considered to be a separate species, and scholars consider it to be Homo erectus,[1][3] and it is even argued that the skull is just a modern human, Homo sapiens sapiens, weathered by the elements to look like an australopithecine skull.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kalb, John (2004). Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar Depression. Springer, p. 76. ISBN 0-3879-8742-8.
- ^ a b Cornevin, Robert (1967). Histoire de l'Afrique. Payotte, p. 440.
- ^ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved on January 12, 2007.
- ^ Wood, Bernard (2002-07-11). "Palaeoanthropology: Hominid revelations from Chad". Nature (418): 133–135.
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