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July 18, 2005
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Oldest skulls of direct human ancestry
At approximately 32 million years old, these are two of the oldest skulls ever found that appear to belong to the direct ancestry of humans. The skull on the right is that of a mature male; on the left of an adult female. Both came from an excavation site in the wind-swept badlands of the Fayum Province southwest of Cairo, Egypt.
Credit: Duke University
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
Images credited to the National Science Foundation, a federal agency, are in the public domain. The images were created by employees of the United States Government as part of their official duties or prepared by contractors as "works for hire" for NSF. You may freely use NSF-credited images and, at your discretion, credit NSF with a "Courtesy: National Science Foundation" notation.
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