Sahelanthropus
Sign in to saveSahelanthropus is an extinct genus of hominid dated to about during the Late Miocene. The type species, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, was first announced in 2002, based mainly on a partial cranium, nicknamed Toumaï, discovered in northern Chad.
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- taxon name
- Sahelanthropus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 乍得沙赫人
- start time
- 7000000-00
- end time
- 6200000-00
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- Sahelanthropus
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Discovery
- Taphonomy
- Classification
- Anatomy
- Cranium
- Locomotion
- Palaeoecology
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- References
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Sahelanthropus is an extinct genus of hominid dated to about during the Late Miocene. The type species, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, was first announced in 2002, based mainly on a partial cranium, nicknamed Toumaï, discovered in northern Chad.
The definitive phylogenetic position of Sahelanthropus within hominids is uncertain. It was initially described as a possible hominin ancestral to both humans and chimpanzees, but subsequent interpretations suggest that it could be an early member of the tribe Gorillini or a stem-hominid outside the hominins. The supposed bipedality based on the postcranial skeleton of Sahelanthropus has also been a subject of debate among paleoanthropologists.
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