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Old flat-face could displace A. afarensis as a direct link in the human lineage. Or it may be part of a branch leading to Homo rudolfensis, a species with a strikingly similar face that lived in East Africa between 2.4 million and 1.8 million years ago. "You find something beautiful and new, but the conclusion is you actually know less," says Spoor. "But we're getting there."

--With reporting by Andrea Dorfman/New York


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