This new analysis, published today in Nature, makes a strong case that Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a species that lived during the critical time when our human lineage diverged from the chimps ...

Sahelanthropus, the oldest representative of humanity, was indeed bipedal...but that's not all!. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 08 ...

One of the first human traits, ... Species Sahelanthropus tchadensis Data Source NMNH - Anthropology Dept. dpo_3d_200071 NMNHANTHRO NMNH - Anthropology Dept. CC0 Metadata Usage CC0 Record ID ...

The seven-million-year-old Sahelanthropus tchadensis skull, known as Toumai, viewed from different sides. Image: Didier Descouens/Wikicommons Ten years ago, an international group of ...

The leg bone suggests that Sahelanthropus tchadensis, the earliest species generally regarded as an early human, or hominin, didn’t walk on two legs, and therefore may not have been a hominin at ...

Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Australopithecus bahrelghazali: Mio-Pliocene hominins from Chad. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of ...

Researchers unveiled the specimen back in 2002, assigned it to a new species, Sahelanthropus tchadensis (nickname: Toumaï), and said it was very close to the point at which the human lineage ...

Humans Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago. An analysis of thigh and forearm bones from Sahelanthropus tchadensis suggests the early hominin was mainly bipedal, but the ...

Sahelanthropus tchadensis, discovered in 2001 in Chad, is considered to be the oldest representative of the humankind. The shape of its cranium suggests a bipedal station.

One of the first human traits, the small canine teeth in this male skull distinguished it from other apes. Most male primates have long canine teeth that they use to threaten and harm other males.

At 7 million years old, Sahelanthropus tchadensis is considered the oldest representative species of humanity. Its description dates back to 2001 when the Franco-Chadian Paleoanthropological ...