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A AL 666-1: A 2.3-MILLION-YEAR-OLD HUMAN JAW
Fossil AL 666-1 was found in Hadar in present-day apes.
Ethiopia, together with A. afarensis Although there is no doubt that AL 666-
fossils. This 2.3-million-year-old jaw 1 belonged to a "Homo" (human)
bone had features identical to those of species, evolutionary paleontologists do
Homo sapiens. not accept this fact. They refrain from
AL 666-1 resembled neither the A. making any comment on this, because
afarensis jawbones that were found the jaw is calculated to be 2.3 million
with it, nor a 1.75-million-year-old years old—in other words, much older
Homo habilis jaw. The jaws of these than the age they allow for the Homo,
two species, with their narrow and or human, race.
rectangular shapes, resembled those of
The AL 666-1, 2.3-million-year-
old Homo sapiens (human) jaw. Side view of AL 666-1
AL 222-1 – a side view. The side
views of the two jaws make
the difference between the two
fossils clearer.
The AL 222-1 jaw protrudes
forwards. This is an ape-like
feature. But the AL 666-1 jaw
AL 222-1 fossil, an A. afarensis jaw on top is a completely human
from the same period as AL 666-1.
one.