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Olivia Ferrari

Never-before-seen cousin of Lucy might have lived at the same site as the oldest known human species, new study suggests

Fossilized hominin teeth on a black background.

Roughly 2.6 million-year-old fossilized teeth found in Ethiopia might belong to a previously unknown early human relative, researchers say.

The teeth are from a species of Australopithecus, the genus that includes Lucy (A. afarensis). But these newly discovered teeth don't appear to belong to any known species of Australopithecus, according to a new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday (Aug. 13).

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