When early Homo met Australopithecus and Paranthropus

New fossil teeth from Ethiopia’s Afar Region reveal that at least three non-robust hominin species—early Homo, Australopithecus garhi, and a distinct Australopithecus—coexisted around 2.6 million years ago, alongside Paranthropus elsewhere in East Africa. The findings challenge the idea that Australopithecus afarensis’s disappearance left a clear path for Homo, showing instead a diverse and competitive evolutionary landscape.

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