Fossil skull points to single root for human evolution
Early members of Homo line may have belonged to one intercontinental species
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ANCIENT HEAD LINE Shape and size differences among fossil skulls unearthed at a western Asian site, including the latest and most complete skull (far right), show that early members of the Homo genus evolved as a single species in Asia and Africa, scientists say.
M. Ponce de León and Ch. Zollikofer, Univ. of Zurich