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Original Man
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
These are fossil fragments of Orrorin Tugenensis, a hominid species discovered in Tugen, Kenya , in 2000. Orrorin in Tugen means 'original man', in reference to the possibility that this species, if proven to be a direct human ancestor, could render the australopithecines side branches of the hominid family tree .
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