From Newsgroup: sci.anthropology.paleo
This article describes the last 24 years since the discovery of the
"Touma|>" skull (+ possible femur) in Chad in 2001. It's an amusing/sad account of several individuals and their squabbles over a couple of
bones. Physical anthropologists greatly outnumber the fossils, and
"rights" to analyze them. Apes are generally believed to have
originated in the Asia duting th Miocene. The Touma|> skull seems to be
an African Miocene primate. As such, it is a (very) longshot
possibility that it is an ancestor of ours. Paleontology generally can
claim no ancestral relations for anything, but homonins are recent
enough that people try.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/27/the-curse-of-toumai-ancient-skull-disputed-femur-feud-humanity-origins
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