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t was hailed as one of the most important fossil discoveries because it was thought to be an ancient ancestor of modern humans, although some scientists argued it was a fossil of a female ape.

Now, in the science journal Nature, Professor Brunet and colleagues have reported discovering new remains of tooth and jaw fragments in the same area as the earlier fossils.

Along with a computer reconstruction of the skull, the evidence suggests Toumai was more human than ape.

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