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Ardipithecus Homo Kenyanthropus Sinanthropus Denisovan Lothagam mandible Koobi Fora remains Orrorin Homo sapiens Homo erectus

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Lee Berger

South African paleoanthropologist

Tim D. White

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American paleoanthropologist

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