Oldest fossil hominin ear bones ever recovered: Discovery could yield important clues on human origins

Anthropologists could shed new light on the earliest existence of humans. The study analyzed the tiny ear bones, the malleus, incus and stapes, from two species of early human ancestor in South Africa.



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