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SFU researchers publish findings on new species of ancient human fossils

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Humanity welcomes a new kid in town with the finding of a new species of ancient human fossils: a Homo naledi. The species was first discovered in 2013 and are estimated to have been alive around 335,000 – 236,000 years ago. In 2017, SFU anthropologist Dr. Marina Elliott led the underground excavation team that made the discovery of a child’s partial skull from South Africa. Elliot recently published her findings in PaleoAnthropology.  “The bones are from a small child, around 4–6 years old. Bones of children rarely preserve in the fossil record, so this…

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