A wall of skulls shows why story of mankind has to be rewritten
by Robin McKie Science editor from on (#XGZG)
A spectacular series of fossil discoveries, now going on public display, has transformed the study of our early ancestors
A stark demonstration of the dramatic changes that have swept through the science of human evolution will be revealed this week at London's Natural History Museum. A wall of skulls has been built at the entrance of its new human evolution gallery, graphically showing how our understanding of our seven-million-year journey from ancient apeman ancestors to Homo sapiens has been transformed in recent years.
In just over a decade an unprecedented number of new species have been uncovered by palaeontologists, from the Hobbit man of Flores to the Denisovan cavemen of Siberia. Most will be displayed on the wall of skulls.
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