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Really, that fellow is ripped!Originally posted by Phobos
Sheesh, Herto Man must have hit the gym a lot.
The dawn of the human race was uncovered in 1974 in the Afar region of Ethiopia, when paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson discovered the fossilized remains of a hominin species called Australopithecus afarensis.
The fossils found in the dawn of the human race are approximately 3.2 million years old. This makes them some of the oldest and most complete hominin fossils ever discovered.
Scientists use various methods to determine the age of fossils found in the dawn of the human race. This includes radiometric dating, which measures the decay of radioactive elements present in the fossils, and stratigraphy, which analyzes the layers of sediment in which the fossils are found.
The discovery of the dawn of the human race has provided valuable insight into the early stages of human evolution. It has shown that our ancestors were bipedal and had a mixture of ape-like and human-like features. It has also helped fill in the gaps in our understanding of the evolutionary timeline.
Since the initial discovery in 1974, many other significant findings have been made about the dawn of the human race. These include the discovery of other Australopithecus afarensis fossils, as well as fossils of other hominin species such as Homo habilis and Homo erectus. These discoveries have helped shape our understanding of the evolution of early humans.