Anonymous on 19th Jan asks why can this not be "just another ancient ape" as though such a find would have no significance. As Homo and the other great apes derived from (probably) the same starting point, any newly-discovered ancient ape would have immense importance in helping to fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle, especially as this one appears to have characteristics more usually associated with Homo.
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