Sahelanthropus
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Sahelanthropus is an extinct genus of hominid dated to about 7 million years ago during the Late Miocene. The type species, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, was first announced in 2002, based mainly on a pa
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Michel Brunet (right) and Ahounta Djimdoumalbaye look at the reconstructed Sahelanthropus tchadensis skull in N'Djamena (Chad) in the premises of the National Research Support Center.
Toumaï skull from different angles
Teilhardina DB15
Hominini
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The Hominini form a taxonomic tribe of the subfamily Homininae. They comprise two extant genera: Homo and Pan, and in standard usage exclude the genus Gorilla, which is grouped separately within the s
Sahelanthropus
…in northern Chad. The definitive phylogenetic position of Sahelanthropus within the hominids is uncertain. It was initially described as a possible hominin ancestral to both humans and chimpanzees, but subsequent interpretations suggest that it could be an early member of the tribe Gorillini or a stem-hominid…
Ham and handler
Eosimias DB15