The Important Discovery of Kenyanthropus Platyops - The Flat Faced Man

The Important Discovery of Kenyanthropus Platyops - The mat Faced Man of Kenya A recent finding on the occidental shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, a semi-desert area, could hold bold modernistic implication for the origin of man. The finding was the skull of a very early human which displays facial features of both modern man and early, more primitive ancestors. The findings fool been go out to approximately 3.5 million years, a time period one time thought to be dominated by human ancestors that did not posses all noticeable and unique characteristics held by modern man. The find was discovered by Meave Leakey of the National Museums of Kenya and her colleagues, Fred Spoor, Frank H. Brown, Patrik N. Gathogo, Christopher Kiarie, Louise N. Leakey and Ian McDougall. The find originated from an area in Northern Kenya which has been a hot bed for early hominid fossils, and has earned the nick differentiate the Leakey constant. The specific area in Norther n Kenya is located in the Lomekwi and Topernawi river drainages in the Turkana district. The type locality is LO-6N at 03 54.03 north latitude, 035 44.40 east longitude.The bed where the skull was put contains sedimentary and volcanic rocks in addition to the skulls placement between the Lokochot Tuff, and Tulu Bor Tuff, layers of land that have an approximate age, allowed the scientist to conclude that the skull was approximately 3.5 million years old. Although the skull was dated 3.5 million years old it held distinctly human facial features, earning it its name Kenyanthropus platyops The Flat-Faced Man of Kenya. It has a flat face, protruding somewhat like an caricature with small teeth. The skulls cranium falls within the range of A. afarensis and A. africa... ...g this modern heap can see their past and present in the natural foundation and come to a better understanding of what it truly means to be human.Bibliography1. Leakey, M. G., Spoor, F., Brown, F. H., Gathogo, P . N., Kiarie, C., Leakey, L. N. and McDougall, I. pertly hominin genus from eastern Africa shows different middle Pliocene lineages Nature 410, 433 - 440 (2001).2. http//www.nature.com/nsu/010322/010322-8.htmlNotes1 Leakey, M. G., Spoor, F., Brown, F. H., Gathogo, P. N., Kiarie, C., Leakey, L. N. and McDougall, I. New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages Nature 410, 433 - 440 (2001). Pg. 4362 Leakey, M. G., Spoor, F., Brown, F. H., Gathogo, P. N., Kiarie, C., Leakey, L. N. and McDougall, I. New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages Nature 410, 433 - 440 (2001). Pg. 433