According to University of Pittsburgh anthropology professor Jeffrey Schwartz, author of the four-volume The Human Fossil Record (Wiley-Liss, 2002-05), "the discovery of any largely complete skeleton of an ancient human relative would be unique. The fact that it is a child makes it even more exciting because of what its bones and teeth might reveal that an adult's cannot."
Scientists in Ethiopia have discovered the skeleton of a 3.3 million years old child, the oldest child fossil on record. Anthropologists around the world are practically salivating at the information the skeleton might hold.
Scientists have uncovered fossils of the oldest known hominid child near the site in Ethiopia where researchers discovered prehistory's most famous female -- Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton -- in 1974. The unnamed tot's remains appear to be those...
Addis Ababa, September 20, 2006 (WIC) - Scientists announced today the discovery of the earliest ever and most complete skeleton of juvenile human ancestor which lived in Ethiopia 3.3 million years ago.
Famed hominid 'Lucy' to leave Ethiopia for first exhibit abroad AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 20, 2006 "Lucy," the celebrated skeletal remains of a female hominid who lived 3.2 million years ago will leave Ethiopia next year for her first-ever foreign exhibition, officials said.